Supply a binary Linux OS that is easy to install and customize for the Desktop, Server and for the Container world (Incus/LXD, Docker, Singularity/Apptainer). In particular, with an eye on optimizing Incus/LXD technology and setup to permit the best integration with lxd-compose tool. Macaroni Linux OS is a distribution born as an incubation project under the Funtoo Linux umbrella for one year and now it's grown and has his domain and infra. It's been created by Daniele Rondina (ex Sabayon Linux developer) aka geaaru. In August 2024, the M.A.R.K. stack was started as a part of the Macaroni Organization replacing the dependency with the low-level Funtoo stack with a future mission of replacing Portage. The name Macaroni comes from the penguin species found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula. It bears a distinctive yellow crest.
Simple Installation With the Anise tool is very fast and easy install. A GUI is on our backlog.
Free updates Yeah, I'm free and available through the Macaroni repositories and through the CDN77 and Cloudflare CDN.
Automate everything The build of the packages is managed through Mottainai CD/CI or through lxd-compose and could be customized from users easily.
Multiple Releases Macaroni OS supplies different releases for different requirements and others are on the way.
Customize packages to install at runtime Through the subsets you can choose what files install and reduce the spaces used on your rootfs.
Validate installation We're working on tools that permit to validation of the hashes of the installed files and catch corrupted modified by an atta
