--- title: XeroLinux: An Arch-based Linux Distro That Looks Beautiful description: XeroLinux is a personal project by Steve, a.k.a. TechXero to offer an “eye-candy” version of Arch Linux. It uses Calamares installer to let you easily install... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xerolinux-an-arch-based-linux-distro-that-looks-beautiful-y-elnxndq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: XeroLinux: An Arch-based Linux Distro That Looks Beautiful | daily.dev og:description: XeroLinux is a personal project by Steve, a.k.a. TechXero to offer an “eye-candy” version of Arch Linux. It uses Calamares installer to let you easily install... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xerolinux-an-arch-based-linux-distro-that-looks-beautiful-y-elnxndq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Y_eLnXndq.png og:image:alt: XeroLinux: An Arch-based Linux Distro That Looks Beautiful og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # XeroLinux: An Arch-based Linux Distro That Looks Beautiful **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · [@abhishek_foss](https://daily.dev/abhishek_foss) · 4 min read · 50 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary XeroLinux is a personal project by Steve, a.k.a. TechXero to offer an “eye-candy” version of Arch Linux. It uses Calamares installer to let you easily install the Linux distribution. You get the ability to select graphics drivers, specific Linux kernels, and tools as you proceed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@raulpenate** · 0 upvotes > Beautify and simple to use, excellent distro! **@randyknight** · 0 upvotes > Wow! 😀 XeroLinux has an incredibly slick, dark look. I'm going to try it out, maybe in a VM. Thanks for the nice article with accompanying images. 🥷 **@thomashighbaugh** · 0 upvotes > Yawn, another `archiso` plus someone's dotfiles that aren't all that interesting (were it built using a window manager and custom other tools to make a DE like archcraft, that would be more interesting) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/xerolinux-an-arch-based-linux-distro-that-looks-beautiful-y-elnxndq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"XeroLinux: An Arch-based Linux Distro That Looks Beautiful","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xerolinux-an-arch-based-linux-distro-that-looks-beautiful-y-elnxndq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/xerolinux-an-arch-based-linux-distro-that-looks-beautiful-y-elnxndq"},"datePublished":"2022-03-16T11:58:46.288Z","dateModified":"2022-03-16T11:58:46.288Z","description":"XeroLinux is a personal project by Steve, a.k.a. 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