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PrismLinux


Last Update: 2026-05-05 23:30 UTC

PrismLinux is a minimalist distribution based on Arch Linux. The live image boots into the River Wayland compositor and a custom system installer which provides several popular desktop options available for installation, including KDE Plasma, GNOME, COSMIC and Cinnamon, as well as a customized Niri Wayland compositor. The distribution uses the long-term supported (LTS) Linux kernel compiled with kernel parameters optimised for speed and it also includes a pre-configured TLP utility for extending battery life.

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PrismLinux Summary
Distribution PrismLinux
Home Page https://www.prismlinux.org/
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Feature 2026.05.05
Release Date 2026-05-05
End Of Life  
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 2500-2600
Free Download ISO
Installation Crystallize
Default Desktop KDE Plasma
Default Browser Firefox
Package Format pkg
Package Management pacman
Release Model Rolling
Office Suite --
Processor Architecture x86_64
Init Software systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, XFS
Multilingual en
Full Package List 2026.05.05

Full Package List:   PrismLinux 2026.05.05
  Number of packages: 819 (download as TXT)
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  •  abseil-cpp 20260107.1-1
  •  accounts-qml-module 0.7-7
  •  accountsservice 26.13.3-1
  •  acl 2.3.2-2
  •  adwaita-cursors 50.0-1
  •  adwaita-fonts 50.0-1
  •  adwaita-icon-theme 50.0-1
  •  adwaita-icon-theme-legacy 46.2-3
  •  alacritty 0.17.0-1
  •  alsa-card-profiles 1:1.6.4-1
  •  alsa-firmware 1.2.4-4
  •  alsa-lib 1.2.15.3-2
  •  alsa-topology-conf 1.2.5.1-4
  •  alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.15.3-1
  •  alsa-utils 1.2.15.2-2
  •  amd-ucode 20260410-1
  •  ananicy-cpp 1.2.0-1
  •  aom 3.13.3-1
  •  appstream 1.1.2-1
  •  appstream-qt 1.1.2-1
  •  arch-install-scripts 31-1
  •  archlinux-keyring 20260420-1
  •  at-spi2-core 2.60.2-1
  •  attica 6.25.0-1
  •  attr 2.5.2-2
  •  audit 4.1.4-2
  •  aurorae 6.6.4-1
  •  avahi 1:0.9rc4-1
  •  baloo 6.25.0-1
  •  baloo-widgets 26.04.0-1
  •  base 3-3
  •  bash 5.3.9-1
  •  bat 0.26.1-2
  •  binutils 2.46+r70+g155188ea10a7-1
  •  bluez-libs 5.86-5
  •  breeze 6.6.4-1
  •  breeze-cursors 6.6.4-1
  •  breeze-gtk 6.6.4-1
  •  breeze-icons 6.25.0-1
  •  brotli 1.2.0-1
  •  btrfs-progs 6.19.1-1
  •  bubblewrap 0.11.2-1
  •  bzip2 1.0.8-6
  •  ca-certificates 20240618-1
  •  ca-certificates-mozilla 3.123.1-1
  •  ca-certificates-utils 20240618-1
  •  cairo 1.18.4-1
  •  capitaine-cursors 4-3
  •  cfitsio 1:4.6.4-1
  •  chaotic-keyring 20251028-1
  •  chaotic-mirrorlist 20260428-1
  •  cifs-utils 7.5-1
  •  convertlit 1.8-13
  •  coreutils 9.11-1
  •  cryptsetup 2.8.6-1
  •  crystallize-git r271.gaf3f0f3-1
  •  curl 8.20.0-3
  •  dav1d 1.5.3-1
  •  db5.3 5.3.28-7
  •  dbus 1.16.2-1
  •  dbus-broker 37-3
  •  dbus-broker-units 37-3
  •  dbus-units 37-3
  •  dconf 0.49.0-1
  •  ddcutil 2.2.6-1
  •  default-cursors 3-1
  •  desktop-file-utils 0.28-1
  •  device-mapper 2.03.40-1
  •  diffutils 3.12-2
  •  dmidecode 3.7-1
  •  dolphin 26.04.0-1
  •  dosfstools 4.2-5
  •  double-conversion 3.4.0-1
  •  duktape 2.7.0-7
  •  e2fsprogs 1.47.4-1
  •  ebook-tools 0.2.2-9
  •  editorconfig-core-c 0.12.11-1
  •  edk2-shell 202602-3
  •  efibootmgr 18-3
  •  efivar 39-1
  •  eglexternalplatform 1.2.1-1
  •  egl-gbm 1.1.3-1
  •  egl-wayland 4:1.1.21-1
  •  egl-wayland2 1.0.1-1
  •  egl-x11 1.0.5-1
  •  enchant 2.8.15-2
  •  ethtool 1:7.0-1
  •  exfatprogs 1.3.2-1
  •  exiv2 0.28.8-2
  •  expac 10-12
  •  expat 2.8.0-1
  •  eza 0.23.4-3
  •  f2fs-tools 1.16.0-3
  •  ffmpeg 2:8.1.1-1
  •  fftw 3.3.11-1
  •  file 5.47-3
  •  filesystem 2025.10.12-1
  •  findutils 4.10.0-3
  •  firefox 150.0.1-1
  •  fish 4.6.0-1
  •  fish-autopair 1.0.4-2
  •  fisher 4.4.8-1
  •  flac 1.5.0-1
  •  fmt 12.1.0-2
  •  fontconfig 2:2.17.1-1
  •  frameworkintegration 6.25.0-1
  •  freeglut 3.8.0-1
  •  freetype2 2.14.3-1
  •  fribidi 1.0.16-2
  •  fuse2 2.9.9-5
  •  fuse3 3.18.2-1
  •  fuse-common 3.18.2-1
  •  fzf 0.72.0-1
  •  gawk 5.4.0-1
  •  gcc-libs 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  gdbm 1.26-2
  •  gdk-pixbuf2 2.44.6-2
  •  gettext 1.0-2
  •  giflib 6.1.3-1
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  •  glibc 2.43+r22+g8362e8ce10b2-2
  •  glibc-locales 2.43+r22+g8362e8ce10b2-2
  •  glib-networking 1:2.80.1-1
  •  glslang 1:1.4.341.0-2
  •  glu 9.0.3-3
  •  glycin 2.1.1-1
  •  gmp 6.3.0-3
  •  gnulib-l10n 20241231-1
  •  gnupg 2.4.9-1
  •  gnutls 3.8.13-1
  •  gperftools 2.18.1-1
  •  gpgme 2.0.1-3
  •  gpgmepp 2.0.0-2
  •  gpm 1.20.7.r38.ge82d1a6-6
  •  graphene 1.10.8-2
  •  graphite 1:1.3.14-6
  •  grep 3.12-2
  •  grub 2:2.14-1
  •  grub-update 2:2.14-1
  •  gsettings-desktop-schemas 50.1-1
  •  gsettings-system-schemas 50.1-1
  •  gsm 1.0.24-1
  •  gssdp 1.6.4-1
  •  gst-plugins-bad-libs 1.28.2-1
  •  gst-plugins-base-libs 1.28.2-1
  •  gstreamer 1.28.2-1
  •  gtest 1.17.0-2
  •  gtk3 1:3.24.52-1
  •  gtk-update-icon-cache 1:4.22.4-1
  •  gupnp 1:1.6.9-1
  •  gupnp-igd 1.6.0-2
  •  gwenview 26.04.0-1
  •  gzip 1.14-2
  •  harfbuzz 14.2.0-1
  •  harfbuzz-icu 14.2.0-1
  •  hdparm 9.65-3
  •  hicolor-icon-theme 0.18-1
  •  hidapi 0.15.0-1
  •  highway 1.4.0-1
  •  hunspell 1.7.2-3
  •  hwdata 0.406-1
  •  hyphen 2.8.8-6
  •  i2c-tools 4.4-4
  •  iana-etc 20260425-1
  •  icu 78.3-1
  •  iio-sensor-proxy 3.9-1
  •  intel-ucode 20260227-1
  •  inxi 3.3.40.1-1
  •  iproute2 7.0.0-1
  •  iptables 1:1.8.13-1
  •  iputils 20250605-1
  •  iso-codes 4.20.1-1
  •  iw 6.17-1
  •  jansson 2.15.0-1
  •  jasper 4.2.9-1
  •  jbigkit 2.1-8
  •  json-c 0.18-2
  •  json-glib 1.10.8-1
  •  kaccounts-integration 26.04.0-1
  •  kactivitymanagerd 6.6.4-1
  •  karchive 6.25.0-1
  •  kauth 6.25.0-1
  •  kbd 2.9.0-1
  •  kbookmarks 6.25.0-1
  •  kcalc 26.04.0-1
  •  kcmutils 6.25.0-1
  •  kcodecs 6.25.0-1
  •  kcolorpicker 0.3.1-5
  •  kcolorscheme 6.25.0-1
  •  kcompletion 6.25.0-1
  •  kconfig 6.25.0-1
  •  kconfigwidgets 6.25.0-1
  •  kcoreaddons 6.25.0-1
  •  kcrash 6.25.0-1
  •  kdbusaddons 6.25.0-1
  •  kdeclarative 6.25.0-1
  •  kde-cli-tools 6.6.4-1
  •  kdecoration 6.6.4-1
  •  kded 6.25.0-1
  •  kde-gtk-config 6.6.4-1
  •  kdesu 6.25.0-1
  •  kdnssd 6.25.0-1
  •  kdsoap 2.3.0-1
  •  kdsoap-ws-discovery-client 0.4.0-3
  •  keyutils 1.6.3-4
  •  kfilemetadata 6.25.0-1
  •  kglobalaccel 6.25.0-1
  •  kglobalacceld 6.6.4-1
  •  kguiaddons 6.25.0-1
  •  kholidays 1:6.25.0-1
  •  ki18n 6.25.0-1
  •  kiconthemes 6.25.0-1
  •  kidletime 6.25.0-1
  •  kimageannotator 0.7.2-1
  •  kimageformats 6.25.0-1
  •  kio 6.25.0-1
  •  kio-extras 26.04.0-1
  •  kio-fuse 5.1.1-1
  •  kirigami 6.25.0-1
  •  kirigami-addons 1.12.0-1
  •  kitemmodels 6.25.0-1
  •  kitemviews 6.25.0-1
  •  kjobwidgets 6.25.0-1
  •  kmenuedit 6.6.4-1
  •  kmod 34.2-1
  •  knewstuff 6.25.0-1
  •  knighttime 6.6.4-1
  •  knotifications 6.25.0-1
  •  knotifyconfig 6.25.0-1
  •  kpackage 6.25.0-1
  •  kparts 6.25.0-1
  •  kpipewire 6.6.4-1
  •  kpmcore 26.04.0-2
  •  kpty 6.25.0-1
  •  kquickcharts 6.25.0-1
  •  krb5 1.21.3-2
  •  krunner 6.25.0-1
  •  kscreen 6.6.4-1
  •  kscreenlocker 6.6.4-1
  •  kservice 6.25.0-1
  •  kstatusnotifieritem 6.25.0-1
  •  ksvg 6.25.0-1
  •  ksystemstats 6.6.4-1
  •  ktexteditor 6.25.0-1
  •  ktextwidgets 6.25.0-1
  •  kunitconversion 6.25.0-1
  •  kuserfeedback 6.25.0-1
  •  kwallet 6.25.0-1
  •  kwayland 6.6.4-1
  •  kwidgetsaddons 6.25.0-1
  •  kwin 6.6.4-1
  •  kwindowsystem 6.25.0-1
  •  kxmlgui 6.25.0-1
  •  lame 3.101.r6531-1
  •  layer-shell-qt 6.6.4-1
  •  lcms2 2.19-1
  •  ldb 2:4.24.1-1
  •  leancrypto 1.7.2-1
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  •  libdeflate 1.25-1
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  •  libdnet 1.18.2-1
  •  libdovi 3.3.2-1
  •  libdrm 2.4.131-1
  •  libdvdnav 7.0.0-1
  •  libdvdread 7.0.1-1
  •  libebur128 1.2.6-2
  •  libedit 20251016_3.1-1
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  •  libepoxy 1.5.10-3
  •  libevdev 1.13.6-1
  •  libevent 2.1.12-5
  •  libfdk-aac 2.0.3-2
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  •  libfontenc 1.1.9-1
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  •  libgcc 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libgcrypt 1.12.2-1
  •  libgfortran 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
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  •  libgomp 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libgpg-error 1.60-1
  •  libgudev 238-3
  •  libice 1.1.2-1
  •  libidn2 2.3.8-1
  •  libiec61883 1.2.0-9
  •  libimobiledevice 1.4.0-2
  •  libimobiledevice-glue 1.3.2-1
  •  libinih 62-2
  •  libinput 1.31.1-1
  •  libjpeg-turbo 3.1.4.1-1
  •  libjxl 0.11.2-2
  •  libkdcraw 26.04.0-1
  •  libkexiv2 26.04.0-1
  •  libksba 1.6.8-1
  •  libkscreen 6.6.4-1
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Version: 2026.05.05
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-05-21
Country: United States
Votes: 4


 Hardware:
i7-6850k
128GB DDR4
ASRock X99 WS 10G
nVidia Titan XP
2TB Samsung Evo Plus 970
Sonnettech Dual U.2 PCIe card w/ 2 x Micron 9200 U.2 drives
49" Samsung 4K

Pros:
Arch based
Choice of kernels (2 performance included, newer)
Easy install
Choice of HDD file system

Cons:
nVidia drivers did not auto install, even after initial reboot


This distro shows great promise if they can continue with their core philosophy. It is fast, really fast. Had no hardware detection issues, including the after market wifi card (Intel 8260 based if memory serves). I always evaluate ANY Arch based distro on getting VMWare to work without HOURS and HOURS of work. This one passed. Install from Chaotic-AUR went off without any issues. Had to manually enable the vmware networking and usb and start them as they didn't enable/start after reboot. Would recommend with high confidence others would enjoy it.


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Version: 2026.03.04
Rating: 4
Date: 2026-03-08
Country: United States
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 I decided to try it since it seems like a fairly straightforward Arch install with a good selection of options for DE/WM. I booted it up and unfortunately it did not detect my first Wi-Fi adapter despite other distros being able to utilize it (for example EndeavourOS). Once I switched to another adapter it detected and let me connect saying I was ready to go. I went through the installer, selected COSMIC, all the apps I needed and hit install.

Everything went as expected but like another user, once I rebooted into the desktop none of the apps (including the terminal) were installed.

Trying a second time, this time connected to a RJ-45 connection, thinking maybe having an internet connection right off the bat would work, but no. Same problem.

Trying a third time, thinking maybe I choose a different kernel or DE to see if that changed anything, the installer didn't start. So... maybe cook it a little longer? I love the install process and wish it worked!


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Version: 2026.03.04
Rating: 6
Date: 2026-03-08
Country: United Kingdom
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 I gave this new distro a try as a VirtualBox guest, but could not get it to boot to the installer at all., regardless of different options tried.

To be fair to the maintainers, they do providegood instructions for installing in Gnome Boxes etc instead.

So I went ahead and installed instead on a spare older HP 840 G3 laptop that runs just about any distro without any problems. The installer was nice and slick and different from the usual Calamares fare. I chose the Cosmic desktop, and selected a few extra apps such as Firefox and an office suite.

Post install the boot up was fine, but weirdly not everything selected had been installed. There was no terminal app, not even the cosmic terminal, no Firefox etc. It was easy enough to drop out of Cosmic and add a few missing essentials via pacman to get going. Installing from the aur was also simple enough.

On the positive side, this is a really lightweight Cosmic system now. The RAM usage and number of running tasks are both commendably low.

It's a promising and lean start, for me this one is worth keeping an eye o , but the installation quirks need to be resolved. It's also a little difficult to see the point of this distro over a clean vanilla Arch install if that's what you're after. Other DEs they offer may be more customised though.


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