Despite its ominous name, HackerOS is a Debian-based distribution that targets regular users, gamers, and cybersecurity enthusiasts with seven specialized editions.

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HackerOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution with seven specialized editions targeting regular users, gamers, and cybersecurity enthusiasts. It ships with KDE Plasma 6.5.4, Wayland, and ZSH shell, offering features like case-insensitive command completion and custom hacker-themed terminal commands. The distribution includes gaming support via Steam and GOverlay, optional performance kernels (XanMod, Liquorix), and variants for different desktop environments (KDE, GNOME, Xfce) and use cases (NVIDIA GPUs, cybersecurity tools, LTS). Despite some localization issues mixing English and Polish, plus occasional broken scripts, it provides a user-friendly experience with interesting developer-focused additions.

HackerOS is what a Linux enthusiast’s OS should be

<p>If it’s not Systemd free then it’s not what this linux enthusiast wants</p>
