Get Regolith 3.1 #

Regolith can be installed as system packages. This makes updating and removing easier and more consistent. The following steps describe how to configure your system to read packages from the Regolith package repository and install the desktop package.

1. Register the Regolith public key to your local apt:

   wget -qO - https://regolith-desktop.org/regolith.key | \
   gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
   

2. Add the repository URL to your local apt:

   echo deb "[arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg] \
   https://regolith-desktop.org/release-3_1-ubuntu-mantic-amd64 mantic main" | \
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list
   

3. Update apt and install Regolith

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install regolith-desktop regolith-session-flashback regolith-look-lascaille
   

4. System Restart

The login manager will need to be restarted for the new desktop session to be recognized. The easiest way of restarting it is to reboot your system.

Replace amd64 with arm64 in the two places in the above line to install on ARM-based systems.

Regolith can be installed as system packages. This makes updating and removing easier and more consistent. The following steps (also available as a downloadable script) describe how to configure your system to read packages from the Regolith package repository and install the desktop package.

1. Register the Regolith public key to your local apt:

   wget -qO - https://regolith-desktop.org/regolith.key | \
   gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
   

2. Add the repository URL to your local apt:

   echo deb "[arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg] \
   https://regolith-desktop.org/release-3_1-ubuntu-jammy-amd64 jammy main" | \
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list
   

3. Update apt and install Regolith

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install regolith-desktop regolith-session-flashback regolith-look-lascaille
   

4. System Restart

The login manager will need to be restarted for the new desktop session to be recognized. The easiest way of restarting it is to reboot your system.

Replace amd64 with arm64 in the two places in the above line to install on ARM-based systems.

Regolith can be installed as system packages. This makes updating and removing easier and more consistent. The following steps (also available as a downloadable script) describe how to configure your system to read packages from the Regolith package repository and install the desktop package.

1. Register the Regolith public key to your local apt:

   wget -qO - https://regolith-desktop.org/regolith.key | sudo apt-key add -
   

2. Add the repository URL to your local apt:

   echo deb "[arch=amd64] https://regolith-desktop.org/release-3_1-ubuntu-focal-amd64 focal main" | \
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list
   

3. Update apt and install Regolith

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install regolith-desktop regolith-session-flashback regolith-look-lascaille
   

4. System Restart

The login manager will need to be restarted for the new desktop session to be recognized. The easiest way of restarting it is to reboot your system.

Replace amd64 with arm64 in the two places in the above line to install on ARM-based systems.

Regolith Linux is the Regolith Desktop environment installed into a customized Ubuntu 22.10 installer image. It allows one to boot from a USB drive to run Regolith without having to install it. It also allows to install the system onto a computer’s drive. Regolith Linux has the following features in addition to the Regolith Desktop:

• Regolith-branded boot and login screens
• Uses the lightdm display manager over gdm3 to avoid unneeded dependencies
• The following packages are not installed: gdm3, gnome-shell, ubuntu-session, evolution-data-server, snapd. These packages may be installed as needed by the user.

See the Regolith 2.2 release notes for more information.

The ISO can be written to a USB drive on Linux using dd, GNOME Disk Utility, or the KDE ISO Image Writer. On macOS, use Etcher. On Windows, use Rufus and write in DD mode.

Regolith can be installed as system packages. This makes updating and removing easier and more consistent. The following steps (also available as a downloadable script) describe how to configure your system to read packages from the Regolith package repository and install the desktop package.

1. Register the Regolith public key to your local apt:

   wget -qO - https://regolith-desktop.org/regolith.key | \
   gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
   

2. Add the repository URL to your local apt:

   echo deb "[arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg] \
   https://regolith-desktop.org/release-3_1-debian-bookworm-amd64 bookworm main" | \
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list
   

3. Update apt and install Regolith

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install regolith-desktop regolith-session-flashback regolith-look-lascaille
   

4. System Restart

The login manager will need to be restarted for the new desktop session to be recognized. The easiest way of restarting it is to reboot your system.

Replace amd64 with arm64 in the two places in the above line to install on ARM-based systems.

The regolith-desktop package installs a reasonable minimal configuration that should work on most hardware. To add additional package for a richer and more functional environment read Recommended Packages for New Users.

The regolith-compositor-picom-glx compositor should work on most computers. If you experience driver or visual issues, try another compositor.

Regolith can be installed as system packages. This makes updating and removing easier and more consistent. The following steps (also available as a downloadable script) describe how to configure your system to read packages from the Regolith package repository and install the desktop package.

1. Register the Regolith public key to your local apt:

   wget -qO - https://regolith-desktop.org/regolith.key | \
   gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
   

2. Add the repository URL to your local apt:

   echo deb "[arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg] \
   https://regolith-desktop.org/release-3_1-debian-bullseye-amd64 bullseye main" | \
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list
   

3. Update apt and install Regolith

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install regolith-desktop regolith-compositor-picom-glx
   

4. System Restart

The login manager will need to be restarted for the new desktop session to be recognized. The easiest way of restarting it is to reboot your system.

Replace amd64 with arm64 in the two places in the above line to install on ARM-based systems.

The regolith-desktop package installs a reasonable minimal configuration that should work on most hardware. To add additional package for a richer and more functional environment read Recommended Packages for New Users.

The regolith-compositor-picom-glx compositor should work on most computers. If you experience driver or visual issues, try another compositor.

For Debian users that use the “Testing” release, Regolith can be installed, however there is no “release” version due to the nature of Debian Testing. In order to install Regolith into a Debian Testing instance, the apt line contains testing instead of a release string. For example:

echo deb "[arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/regolith-archive-keyring.gpg] \
https://regolith-desktop.org/testing-debian-testing-amd64 testing main" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list

Otherwise the installation steps are the same as an official Debian release. Note that broken dependencies or components will occur from time to time. If stability is important, consider installing into an officially released version of Debian or Ubuntu.