Download
user@mentalnet:~$ ls -lh isos/
-rw-r--r-- user ~100 MB isos/mentalnet-gnulinux-intel32-R1-FirstStorm.iso
R1 "FirstStorm"
| File | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|
| mentalnet-gnulinux-intel32-R1-FirstStorm.iso | ~100 MB | ISO |
The ISO is a bootable live CD (~100 MB) with the hard disk installer
mentalnet-install built in. Burn it as an El Torito bootable CD
for machines with IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drives, or attach it directly as a
CD-ROM image in QEMU/86Box.
Verify before you burn
Verify integrity — check the SHA256 below before writing this ISO to any disk or media by storing the below SHA256 checksum into a text file along with your downloaded ISO. If it has not been tampered with, it will print an "OK" message along with the relative path to your ISO file.
The ISOs SHA-256 Checksum
c426b3d4ea7e0943556001939b9b30c57497ae884d15f08434c01c3f92a7c2fb mentalnet-gnulinux-intel32-R1-FirstStorm.iso
Verifying Checksum
user@mentalnet:~$ sha256sum -c isoshasum.txt mentalnet-gnulinux-intel32-R1-FirstStorm.iso: OK
Release history
user@mentalnet:~$ cat RELEASES.md
| Release | Codename | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Mesmerizer | Mesmerizer — 32ki (Hatsune Miku & Kasane Teto) | Initial release |
| R1 | FirstStorm | Chūlán ~First Storm~ (初嵐～First Storm～) — DECO*27 | Current — swap-free installer, true i586 support, terminal/input hardening, interrupt-storm fixes |
Versioning: major releases bump the R<n> number
(R1, R2, …); minor releases keep the R<n> base and use the
codename as the minor version. All codenames come from Vocaloid,
Hatsune Miku or Kasane Teto songs.
Get the source
user@mentalnet:~$ git remote -v origin https://github.com/MARKMENTAL/mentalnet-gnu-linux (GitHub) mirror https://mentalnet.xyz/forgejo-v2/markmental/mentalnet-gnu-linux (Forgejo, self-hosted)
The repository is a Buildroot 2025.02.17 overlay, not a full fork — clone pristine Buildroot and copy the Mentalnet files on top. See the docs for the build recipe.