live-USB · Arch

VELOX/os

Fast because it runs from a compressed image, not in spite of it. Boots straight to i3 in seconds, saves to the stick in real time, and keeps the desktop in RAM while apps stay on disk until you use them.

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2.32 GB · x86_64 · BIOS + UEFI · version 2026.08.21

Fast, and stays fast

EROFS + zstd root, page-cache tiering, preempt=full, performance governor. A usable i3 desktop in about 13 seconds, idling near 580 MB of RAM.

Real-time persistence

The stick's free space becomes an overlay upperdir, so every change is written straight to it. Set up automatically on first boot — nothing to run.

Everything works

PipeWire audio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, dual-monitor, CJK fonts, Helium browser, flatpak + Discover, and its own Rust tools for network, audio and Bluetooth.

Boots anywhere

Hybrid ISO for BIOS and UEFI. Pick NVIDIA, open drivers, safe graphics, or fully-in-RAM at the boot menu.

Verify your download

Version 2026.08.21 — SHA-256:

e1691a190e2ea0c1d4db683f399a14516c17501534eb5b469e0ee3bfdf68c205

After downloading:

sha256sum velox-x86_64.iso

Flash it

Writing the ISO erases the target USB stick. Double-check the device.
# Linux — find your stick with: lsblk
sudo dd if=velox-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress oflag=direct conv=fsync

Or balenaEtcher / Ventoy. Rufus: pick DD mode, not ISO mode — ISO mode extracts the files and breaks the boot.

First boot

1. Boot the stick and pick VELOX. It goes straight to the desktop.

2. It sets up persistence itself and reboots once — that first restart is expected, not a crash.

3. If anything ever asks to log in: user velox, password velox.

Built with archiso. Rolling image, rebuilt as fixes land. The download is resumable — an interrupted curl -C - or a browser resume continues where it stopped.