Why Stygian? Stripped Down, Streamlined, and Seriously Smart.
Now, about Stygian OS. Let’s be frank: Stygian OS is a stripped-down derivative of Lubuntu, powered by the elegant and modern Cinnamon desktop environment.
Frankly, there is no reason to choose Stygian OS other than that it delivers a lean, clean, and highly efficient Lubuntu base with a polished, modern desktop experience right out of the box.
Our journey began with the ambition to create an operating system tailored for developers, with “everything pre-installed.” However, “everything” for a developer is a moving target. Installing every possible tool quickly leads to bloat—the very thing we sought to avoid.
This realization led to a pivotal design decision: instead of trying to guess every developer’s needs, we built a solution that empowers them.
Stygian OS now comes with a unique start-up application designed to generate a script to install the development tools and utilities of your choice.
This application is openly available on GitHub. This collaborative approach means:
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You control your environment: Select only the tools you need for your specific workflow.
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Community-driven additions: New utilities, frameworks, or bug fixes can be added to the YAML configuration files on our GitHub repository. These changes are then dynamically pulled into the app, constantly expanding its utility.
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Stay lean, stay efficient: Your system remains as lightweight as you need it to be, without unnecessary software hogging resources.
If you’re ready to reclaim your computing experience, embrace privacy, enjoy efficiency, and build a development workstation tailored exactly to your needs, then it’s time to discover Stygian OS.
You can also access a web version of the app on our The Stygian OS Welcome App page.