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Existing users from Arch-based distributions

If you are an user from an Arch-based distribution such as Parabola or Arch there is no need to download a live image to migrate to Hyperbola. Just follow Arch or Parabola migration instructions to migrate the existing distribution into Hyperbola one.

New users

The images can be burned to a CD, mounted as an image, or directly written to an USB stick using an utility like dd.

It is intended for new installations only; an existing Hyperbola distribution can always be updated with:
# pacman -Syuu

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Hyperbola live image

Live image for installation and recovery.

Information about this edition
Release: Milky Way v0.2.9
Size: 667 MiB
Announcement: Announcement
Torrent: Torrent
Magnet: Magnet
Authenticity: Don't forget to verify your live image

Hypertalking live image

Live image for installation and recovery (adapted for blind and visually impaired users).

Information about this edition
Release: Milky Way v0.2.9
Size: 696 MiB
Announcement: Announcement
Torrent: Torrent
Magnet: Magnet
Authenticity: Don't forget to verify your live image

Sources

See our sources page for further details.

Hardware requirements

Hardware requirements
Operating system Terminal/Text mode (no graphics)
Minimal CPU model Minimal RAM size Recommended RAM size
OS installed Live image/media OS installed Live image/media
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre - Milky Way v0.2 (x86_64): any 64 bit processor (x86) 57 MiB 301 MiB 64 MiB 512 MiB
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre - Milky Way v0.2 (i686): Intel Pentium II or AMD Athlon 42 MiB 252 MiB 64 MiB 256 MiB
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre - Milky Way v0.1 (x86_64): any 64 bit processor (x86) 169 MiB 310 MiB 256 MiB 512 MiB
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre - Milky Way v0.1 (i686): Intel Pentium II or AMD Athlon 156 MiB 260 MiB 256 MiB 512 MiB

Acknowledgement

This wiki article is based on ParabolaWiki and Mint's download page. We may have removed non-FSDG bits from it.