MIS Linux (or MISL) — A hand-picked, professional, LFS/BLFS source-first distribution for servers, desktop workstations, and science applications.
Slogan: Born from LFS, headed for the Delta Quadrant.
- From-source install on a Fedora host onto a real disk
- GPT + EFI (
EFI/misland removableBOOTX64.EFI), no swap - Chapter-order recipes (
misl build/build-stage) - OpenSSH 10.5p1 and nano 9.2 in the base system
- Overlays on a clean base (
terminalis the default;cloud/dois opt-in) - BIOS GPT images (
img pack/img test) and live ISO/USB (iso pack/iso usb) - Mid-build
sources integrate; session-only chroot DNS (misl net) - Road to rpm/dnf and a local SRPMS repo
- Will always stay source first.
And we also have cool Star Trek features for fans:
$ stardate 2026-09-03 16:20:00 UTC
Input Time : 2026-09-03 16:20:00 UTC
Kelvin Era : 2026.67310
TNG Era : 43673.09741
Minor names are not ours to assign. The community votes those. But we wrote options.
| Version | Codename | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Farpoint | WIP: planned for November-December, 2026 release. |
| 2.0 | Utopia Planitia | SRPM support, H1 2027 |
| 3.0 | USS Galaxy | RPM support, binary variant, H1 2028 |
| 4.0 | Voyager | H1 2029 |
| 5.0 | Unimatrix Zero | H1 2030 |
./misl doctor install
./misl sources fetch
./misl disk plan
./misl prep
su - lfs
./misl build-stage 05-crossThe chroot shares the host network but not host DNS. For a session that needs name lookup (pip, curl):
./misl net on # host: bind host resolv.conf into $LFS
./misl enter # or: ./misl enter --net
# … work …
logout
./misl net off # host: unbind; not written into the imageOverlays sit on the base tree (./misl overlay list). Cloud guests:
./misl overlay apply cloud do
./misl enter
MISL_FORCE=1 ./misl build 10-boot/linux
./misl cloud install
logoutSanitize and create an image:
./misl cloud sanitize
./misl img pack --from-tree --gzip -o /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img
./misl img test -o /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img
./misl cloud apply is the same as overlay apply cloud do. See
overlays.md and operator-0.3.md.
./misl img pack --from-tree --gzip -o /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img
./misl img pack --from-disk -o /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img
./misl img test --virtio -i /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img
./misl img test --ide -i /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img
Creating a BIOS image:
./misl iso pack --bios --live /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal-bios.iso
./misl iso test --bios /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal-bios.iso
Creating a UEFI image:
./misl iso pack --uefi --live /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal.img /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal-uefi.iso
./misl iso test --uefi /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal-uefi.iso
Write a live USB (wipes the stick):
./misl iso usb --list
MISL_FORCE=1 ./misl iso usb /var/tmp/misl-0.3-terminal-uefi.iso /dev/disk/by-id/usb-…
MIS Linux 0.3 bootstrap
usage: misl <command> [args]
version print bootstrap version and os-release identity
bump minor|major|undo|X.Y rewrite VERSION + misl.conf (+ example)
env [list|export] print resolved site pins (export: shell assignments)
os-release print the composed /etc/os-release text
help this text
doctor host qualification (Fedora 44)
doctor pkgs print Fedora 44 dnf install line
doctor install dnf install host deps (root, Fedora)
disk plan print partition/mount plan (no writes)
disk apply gates + plan only (policy A; does not format)
sources fetch refresh catalog, create $MISL_SNAPSHOT, wget wget-list files
sources refresh replace snapshot wget-list + md5sums from $MISL_MIRROR
sources integrate [--reintegrate] <name>
host only: refresh catalog, fetch one package, stage
(prints chroot build next; does not compile)
sources check verify wget-list files against md5sums
sources stage hardlink verified files into $LFS/usr/src/misl
sources remote HEAD-check $MISL_MIRROR wget-list + md5sums (no download)
integrate alias for sources integrate
prep chapter 4 layout + lfs user + env + grant $LFS
prep publish also copy mislinux/ into ~lfs (not the tarball tree)
build <recipe> run a stages/* recipe (stage/name if ambiguous)
build-stage <stage> run every packages.manifest row for that stage
logs [name] tail recipe log (default: newest under $LFS/var/lib/misl/logs)
status package graph + stamps
config print last chapter-9 config report
config apply re-run 09-config/systemd-config (MISL_FORCE=1)
chroot prep ch7 owner + virtfs + files + publish scripts into /mnt/misl
enter [--net] chroot into /mnt/misl as root (--net: host DNS for the session)
net on|off|status bind host resolv.conf into $LFS (host only, not permanent)
overlay list|status|apply|undo|install
named extras on the base tree (cloud, do, …)
cloud apply overlay apply cloud do (compat)
cloud undo overlay undo do then cloud
cloud install chroot: meson-install cloud-init (cloud overlay)
cloud status print $LFS/var/lib/misl/cloud.report
cloud sanitize drop machine-id / ssh host keys / cloud-init seed
cloud wheels host: pip download deps into incoming/ (needs DNS)
img pack host root: pack $LFS into a BIOS GPT .img
img test host qemu of that .img (--virtio default, --ide to compare)
iso pack host root: live ISO from a packed .img (--uefi default)
iso test host qemu of that .iso (--uefi default, --bios for SeaBIOS)
iso test --inspect mount ISO, unpack initramfs, list /init + libs (no qemu)
iso inspect same as iso test --inspect
iso usb --list USB disk nodes under /dev/disk/by-id/usb-* (no -part)
iso usb ISO DISK wipe that stick as GPT+ESP and copy a --uefi ISO
MISL_FORCE=1 ; example:
MISL_FORCE=1 ./misl iso usb FILE.iso /dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_Blade_...-0:0
Sources: /var/cache/misl/misl-1.0-systemd/wget-list
Snapshot: /var/cache/misl/misl-1.0-systemd
Mirror: https://makeitsolinux.org/downloads/misl-1.0-systemd
- Version
0.3operator notes: operator-0.3.md - Version
0.3Fedora 44 / DigitalOcean image test: test-0.3-do-vps.md - Version
0.2operator notes: operator-0.2.md - The Official Website
- Version 1.0 Repository.
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