User friendly. Power friendly.
Odyssey holds a balance that's unique in the GNU/Linux landscape. It carries the essence of Void's purist Unix philosophy — its stable rolling-release model — and refines it into a ready-to-use experience, a verifiable chain of trust, and a coherent aesthetic. The first polished no-systemd distribution: optimized, customized, simple yet powerful, privacy- and security-oriented. A general-purpose distro with an author's signature.
Our goal is you. So take a look below, and get ready for the journey — because unix is for human beings now.
$ tree /odyssey
/odyssey
├── user-experience [+]
│ ├── easy-to-install — calamares patched for runit · de chooser · full disk encryption
│ ├── desktops — kde · xfce · niri · hyprland · mango · labwc <500mb
│ ├── control-center — nine independent panels, one launcher
│ ├── xbps-gui — packages with a face, no electron
│ ├── runit-gui — services without ln -s
│ ├── language-design — one style everywhere — one face, no masks
│ └── respect-the-power-user — strip every customization, back to bare — we show, we don't impose
├── performance [+]
│ ├── kernel — bore scheduler · zstd · desktop-first · x86-64-v3
│ └── xbps+ — oadd · oremove · oupdate — human grammar · parallel downloads
└── privacy-and-security [+]
├── browser-in-ram — librewolf-hardened · atomic saves · faster, private, gentle on ssd
├── hardening — apparmor + firewall from first boot · zero telemetry
└── supply-chain — own repo · dual-key · rekor · guix challenge model
3 branches. 0 compromises.
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