Orus Orus

Try Orus

Orus OS is almost ready to download.

Version 0.1.0 isn’t published yet. Here’s what you need to run it and how the install works.

Orus OS

0.1.0

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The Orus runtime uses the Business Source License 1.1. The installer shows the license. Read about it.

Releases will be published on GitHub. This page updates the day the ISO is up.

Get the source code

The Orus OS source is available to download and read on GitHub. Clone it, or download it as a ZIP from the repository page.

github.com/splentainc/orus

Before you install

Disk and memory

The installer asks for 15 GB of disk space and 1 GB of RAM.

Turn off Secure Boot

Switch Secure Boot off in your VM or firmware settings before you boot the installer.

Try it in a virtual machine

A virtual machine is the easiest way to look around, and it leaves your computer untouched.

Read the full install guide →

How installing goes

  1. Boot menu
  2. Welcome
  3. License
  4. Language
  5. Keyboard
  6. Disk
  7. Account
  8. Summary
  9. Done
  10. Log in

The boot menu offers Install Orus OS (the default after five seconds) or Try Orus OS, a full live session. The installer shows the runtime’s license, the Business Source License 1.1. Screens will appear here once we’ve captured them from a real run.

Check your download

Once the ISO is published, check that its checksum matches the one on this page before you install.

# macOS
shasum -a 256 orus-*.iso
# Linux
sha256sum orus-*.iso
# Windows (PowerShell)
Get-FileHash orus-*.iso -Algorithm SHA256

Where to download it

Only from the official release page on this site. Please link to this page instead of mirroring the ISO, so people always get the current, verified file.