FydeOS with Arch Linux

Table of Contents

A guide to installing FydeOS with an Arch Linux container, including USB flash tips and multi-boot configuration.

Download & Flash

Follow the official FydeOS instructions to download the correct variant. Here's the Linux kernel version for each:

  • Intel Legacy: Linux 5.4.x
  • Intel Slim: didn't test
  • Intel Modern: Linux 6.6.x

After downloading FydeOS, you must use Rufus or balenaEtcher to flash the .bin.zip onto a USB stick. Don't use Ventoy — it will break GRUB when installing FydeOS multi-boot (specifically, partition names change before and after plugging in your Ventoy drive).

Install

Follow the on-screen instructions, or just try before installing. For multi-boot users: if you don't want errors and you choose FydeOS as the main OS, don't choose rEFInd — choose the second option.

Post-install: Arch Linux

Ensure you've enabled developer options, restart, and set up your first Linux environment (termina:penguin).

Then read this guide: https://fydeos.io/help/knowledge-base/linux-subsystem/setup/add-arch-linux-container/

Some modifications:

  • The command lxc launch images:archlinux/current archlinux doesn't work. Replace images with canonical-images:
lxc remote add canonical-images https://images.lxd.canonical.com --protocol simplestreams
lxc image list canonical-images:archlinux
# Choose the appropriate image, e.g.:
lxc launch canonical-images:archlinux archlinux
  • Neofetch is no longer in the Arch Linux repo (unmaintained). Replace it with fastfetch at the Configuring the Container step.