A Linux distro for true gamers.

Boots into KDE Plasma, then Calamares lets you pick your desktop — MATE, Cinnamon, KDE, GNOME, Xfce or LXQt. A full gaming stack, ready out of the box. Built on Debian stable. No telemetry, no tracking.

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Features

What you get

Everything a gaming desktop needs, pre-configured on top of a Debian stable base.

Gaming out of the box

GPU drivers configured and ready to go. Install, boot, play — no setup marathons.

Your desktop, your way

The live system runs KDE Plasma — pick MATE, Cinnamon, KDE, GNOME, Xfce, or LXQt during installation.

Debian 13 Trixie

A rock-solid stable base with access to Debian's massive package repository.

No telemetry

No tracking, no phone-home, no bloat. Your system, your rules — and it's 100% free.

Community driven

Open development on GitHub and an active Discord. Suggestions become features.

Details

What's inside

Purpose-built for gaming on top of a Debian stable base.

Based on Debian 13 Trixie
KDE Plasma 6 on the live system
Pick your desktop: MATE, Cinnamon, KDE, GNOME, Xfce, LXQt
Calamares graphical installer
GPU drivers configured
100% free, no telemetry

Codename	Darkian 13 Snake
Based on	Debian 13 Trixie
Desktop	KDE Plasma 6 live — your pick at install
Installer	Calamares
Architecture	amd64, soon arm64

Free download

Download Darkian Linux

Free, based on Debian. Pick a mirror:

Recommended

Mirror 1 — Main download

Official Darkian CDN. Fast and always available.cdn.darkian.xyz

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Alternative

Mirror 2 — Google Drive

Backup mirror hosted on Google Drive.drive.google.com

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amd64, soon arm64·Free·Debian 13 Trixie·DE chooser: MATE, Cinnamon, KDE, GNOME, Xfce, LXQt

Live system credentials — user: darkian · password: live

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