What is Staklan?

Staklan is an Arch Linux-based distribution meant to be lightweight, with a familiar look that helps new users coming from Windows get familiar with Linux-based systems, serving as a potential replacement operating system for those who are seeking to try out Linux without having to adapt to a totally new interface.

Why should you use Staklan?

Many will make you think that your computer is "not supported anymore", or is "too old", which is not true in most cases. Microsoft imposes artificial system requirements for Windows 11, leading to perfectly good computers being replaced, or people practicing bypasses for these requirements. Staklan comes with a basic set of applications and utilities, while still maintaining a small installer size. It comes with the Pale Moon browser, which is a continuation of ancient Firefox, the PCManFM file manager, a graphical package manager, a text editor, and ClassiCube, a Minecraft Classic clone written from scratch in C, with multiplayer support and hundreds of servers to choose from, perfect for testing the graphical capabilities and the quality of the internet connection of your computer.

No activation required

Staklan is free software; you will never have to pay for a license key.

No antivirus needed

Linux systems are secure by design. You will never need an antivirus.

No forced updates

We do not force system updates - you can actually disable them!

No slowdown over time

You won't ever have to reinstall your system every 6 months again!

What are the system requirements?

Staklan is extremely lightweight in comparison to some other popular GNU/Linux distributions and will run on basically any computer with a 64-bit x86 processor.
CPU: 64-bit x86, Intel/AMD/etc
RAM: 512MB required, 1GB recommended
Disk Space: 5GB+ recommended
Display: 1024x768 resolution recommended

You do not need TPM 2.0 or an online account to use Staklan.

Will my applications/games still work?
Mostly, yes! Wine has evolved significantly over the past years, and gaming on Linux is no longer a hassle. Most apps and games will run fine, sometimes even faster. If you want to know whether your specific video game works, take a look at ProtonDB. You can use the installer shortcut that is found on the desktop to install Wine along with DXVK. After doing so, you will be able to simply double click .EXE files and run them. The shortcut installs a modified version of Wine, which has NTSync support and is specifically optimized for gaming. You can also install Steam via the package manager if you wish.

How to install Staklan?
Go back to the Downloads page, and download the most recent ISO file. Then, write the image to a USB pendrive or SD card using appropriate software. On Windows, you can use Rufus or Win32DiskImager. On Linux, using the built in tools is always a good option.
After creating your installation media, boot your computer from it. Staklan supports both UEFI and Legacy BIOS systems, and offers a live system with an installer which has a clickable shortcut both on the desktop and the start menu. This means that you can try out the system without ever installing it; this is good if you want to test whether your hardware works properly, or just want to take a peek of the operating system in general. If you happen to have a 64-bit computer which doesn't support booting from USB devices, you might want to use PLOP Boot Manager, a project allows you to boot from USB pendrives, bypassing the capabilities of your BIOS.

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