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Introducing the lensOS roadmap

Today lensOS gets a new website and a public roadmap. Here’s the short version of where the project is going.

What lensOS is

lensOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution. It uses the official Arch repositories and the AUR, and adds a small set of its own signed packages:

  • LensGlass: a liquid-glass theme that runs from the bootloader to your apps
  • lens: a package manager that covers Arch repos, the AUR and Flatpak, and takes a snapshot before every update
  • linux-lens: a kernel tuned for responsiveness, with an x86-64-v3 build for modern CPUs
  • the lensOS installer: a graphical installer that handles drivers, Secure Boot and snapshots for you

KDE Plasma is the flagship edition and ships first. Hyprland, Openbox and a set of tiling window managers come later.

The order of things

  1. first nightly ISO: a bootable KDE Plasma live ISO, built every day
  2. liquid glass KDE: the full LensGlass theme and the lens-theme switcher
  3. lens: the package manager, with snapshots
  4. linux-lens: the kernel
  5. the installer
  6. Aperture: the first stable release

The roadmap tracks every item as it lands.

Following along

Check the news or get in touch. The first nightly ISO will be announced here.