Compatibility.
What Iron Linux runs on today, and exactly how far it has been tested.
Image available
64-bit PCs
Intel and AMD x86-64 desktops, laptops, mini PCs and virtual machines. One ISO for all of them.
Preview
Raspberry Pi 4
A dedicated ARM64 image for the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.
Not supported
Everything else
Snapdragon and other ARM laptops, Apple Silicon, Raspberry Pi 5, Rockchip boards and 32-bit PCs have no image.
Test record.
From the v0.1.0 release notes. Anything not ticked has not been verified.
| Check | PC | Raspberry Pi 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Image builds and passes structural checks | ||
| Boots to the login screen | QEMU, BIOS | |
| Desktop, panel, launcher, terminal, files | QEMU | |
| Full install to disk and reboot | QEMU, BIOS | n/a |
| apt update on the installed system | QEMU | |
| UEFI boot, end to end | n/a | |
| Physical hardware |
Check your hardware.
445 processors and 160 graphics cards catalogued.
Known limits.
- Secure Boot
- Must be turned off. The ISO is built without Secure Boot support.
- Install options
- Manual partitioning, disk encryption (LUKS), dual boot and multi-disk installs have not been tested.
- Laptops
- Suspend, resume and Bluetooth on real hardware have not been tested.
- NVIDIA
- The open nouveau driver is included. Debian's proprietary driver can be installed, but Labwc's support for it is limited.
- Firmware
- Common Intel, AMD, Realtek, Atheros, Broadcom and MediaTek firmware is included. Coverage has not been checked against real devices.
Tried it on real hardware?
Report what worked and what didn't. Every report moves a machine from untested to known.
Open an issue on GitHub