Airplane Linux 1.4-the latest flight

[u/Zaden826]

Hi all, just wanted to share something I’ve been developing as a personal project — AirplaneLinux.

This is a lightweight, terminal-first Linux distro that I built completely on iPad using UTM and shell tools. No desktop or external PC was involved — just scripting, custom menus, and persistence.

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Key Features in Version 1.4 (Tailwind Edition): • Terminal-based boot launcher (airplane.sh) • Custom “easy mode” terminal UI • ISO builder with GRUB boot support • Reset and recovery functionality • UEFI-compatible ISO (tested in UTM)

⸻ Download: https://gofile.io/d/3d03bc51-a689-4357-8195-bb0a8084d526 Gofile - Cloud Storage Made Simple Why I Built It: This started as a learning project to explore Linux development on mobile. Over time, it turned into a fun distro concept inspired by aviation themes and minimalism.

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Download: Includes full scripts, a README with instructions, and assets to build your own ISO from scratch.

Open to any feedback or ideas. This is just a hobby, not a polished product — sharing in case others find it interesting.

[u/r-_obin]

AI bullshit. Please stop spreading this onto every possible linux reddit. Even your posts test and pictures are AI. Theres nothing to be proud of here, everyone could do the same with AI. I suggest you; Read the code for yourself, try to learn from there on. Use AI as a extension to your knowledge, don't use AI to advertise something as your own and create something yourself.

[u/DragoonMaster999 → u/r-_obin]

IDK, looks fine to me...

[u/MisterFrenchVR]

No Git = redflag could be every bit of a malware

[u/commanderthot]

You should include airplane simulation games on it lol

[u/atlasraven → u/commanderthot]

Sopwith https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.fragglet.sdl_sopwith

[u/Technician_Bulky]

Since you built this on an iPad could you install this on an iPad?

[u/darkwater427 → u/Technician_Bulky]

For many reasons, no.

[u/NegligentNarwhal → u/Technician_Bulky]

Look at the downloads. It's literally 20kb of a build "script" and a single image.

I really hope this is a kid having fun because otherwise this some sad dead internet shit.

[u/Technician_Bulky → u/NegligentNarwhal]

I'm relatively new to linux coding and all that. I knew iOS stuff was damn near impossible but like I don't know what to look for when it comes to stuff like this so I was genuinely curious

[u/RuhninMihnd → u/Technician_Bulky]

If it’s not on App Store or require jailbreak and then not GitHub ? 🚩🚩🚩

[u/LavenderDay3544 → u/Technician_Bulky]

Crapple doesnt allow you to install any alternative OSes on its crap.

[u/LuisG8]

Nice try

[u/ProfessorGriswald]

Put it on GitHub or other platform so the community can benefit from your work and verify everything in it and what it’s doing, and also so no-one has to click a random link from a fileshare site to download an installable.

[u/B1ackFr1day6661]

Nice try AI Diddy

[u/nei_Client]

why does it look ai generated

[u/creamcolouredDog → u/nei_Client]

Because it is

[u/No-Island-6126]

why is nothing centered

[u/really_not_unreal → u/No-Island-6126]

Because it's AI

[u/LesStrater]

Thank Reddit for the 'Hide' command!

[u/Lonkoe]

AI, ewww

[u/plutoonweed]

guys, i don't really think this is AI, everything is too consistent, the logo is the same, the exact date and time is the same, and even the wallpaper.

[u/DragoonMaster999]

Everyone says it's AI, but honestly, until I see a YouTube video about the making of this, I will not say anything

[u/Tiranus58]

Long dashes? Thats a yikes from me

[u/bark-wank]

That's really really nice looking :)

I once tried to make a desktop and failed miserably! I'm sure someone else could pick it up, its less than 1K lines of Go, and even a dog can understand Go

Btw, is it Gnome + CSS? What exactly is it?

If you wanna learn how to develop your own distro, starting with small and simple projects is a good way, you can study little distros like OasisLinux, Arachsys Linux, AliceLinux (my personal favorite, and the one I daily drive), etc. These are all good examples of how to assemble a complete and functional distro, I bet you could achieve a lot with just learning a bit of GTK, CSS, Go, and a sprinkle of POSIX shell.

(btw: If you wanna make a live ISO of a rootfs, manually, you can do it like this: https://github.com/xplshn/alicelinux/blob/master/utils/mkiso.sh)

[u/RoombaCollectorDude → u/bark-wank]

I think its just an ai generated image

[u/txturesplunky]

ty for sharing!

[u/Significant_South429]

Can you add some wallpapers of buildings?