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Ditana GNU/Linux 0.9.3 Beta

Section titled “Ditana GNU/Linux 0.9.3 Beta”
FilePurpose
Ditana-0.9.3-Beta-x86_64.isoThe installation image (~2.6 GB).
Ditana-0.9.3-Beta-x86_64.iso.sha256SHA-256 checksum. Verifies that your download is intact.
Ditana-0.9.3-Beta-x86_64.iso.sigDetached GPG signature. Verifies that the image is genuinely from the Ditana maintainer.

Verifying your download

Section titled “Verifying your download”

Step 1 — Check the SHA-256 sum

Section titled “Step 1 — Check the SHA-256 sum”
Terminal window
cd /path/to/your/downloads
sha256sum -c Ditana-0.9.3-Beta-x86_64.iso.sha256

You should see Ditana-0.9.3-Beta-x86_64.iso: OK. If this fails, the file is corrupted in transit — re-download.

Step 2 — Verify the GPG signature

Section titled “Step 2 — Verify the GPG signature”

The ISO is signed with the following key:

Stefan Zipproth <[email protected]>
Fingerprint: 3F80 54C3 FF75 5E55 44E6  8516 BC33 3E9A E877 D45A

Fetch the public key from one of the public keyservers:

Terminal window
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 3F8054C3FF755E5544E68516BC333E9AE877D45A

Then verify:

Terminal window
gpg --verify Ditana-0.9.3-Beta-x86_64.iso.sig Ditana-0.9.3-Beta-x86_64.iso

You should see Good signature from "Stefan Zipproth <[email protected]>". A warning that the key is not certified by a trusted signature is expected — it just means you haven’t personally signed the key, which is normal.

The same key is also distributed via the ditana-keyring repository and pre-installed on every Ditana system, where pacman uses it to verify packages from the Ditana repository.

Requirements

Section titled “Requirements”

Stable internet connection

Section titled “Stable internet connection”

Depending on what you select, the installer will download substantial amounts of data. Some steps have retry logic, others do not — a stable LAN connection (or a Wi-Fi device you configure during installation) is required.

Storage requirements

Section titled “Storage requirements”
ConfigurationDuring installationInstalled system
Headless18 GiB5 GiB
Desktop43 GiB13 GiB

Installation procedure

Section titled “Installation procedure”

  1. Create a bootable USB stick. Use Etcher, Ventoy, or dd to write the ISO to a USB stick (≥4 GB).

  2. Reboot and enter UEFI/BIOS. The key varies — Del, F2, F12, or Esc, depending on your motherboard.

  3. Disable Secure Boot and Fast Boot. Both can interfere with the installation. You can re-enable Secure Boot afterwards if you configure your own keys.

  4. Boot from the USB stick. Select “Ditana GNU/Linux install medium” and press Enter.

  5. Troubleshooting (optional). On some virtualisation platforms (e.g. Synology VMM), the boot can hang before the installer dialogs appear. This is a known kernel mode-setting issue, unrelated to Ditana. Press e at the boot menu, add nomodeset at the start of the kernel line, then Enter.

  6. Follow the installer. The dialogs guide you through partitioning, bootloader setup, hardware configuration, and the four desktop environments. Every dialog has a Help button with detailed documentation.

What to do if the installation fails

Section titled “What to do if the installation fails”

The installer writes a complete log to install_ditana.log (directory varies depending on installation phase). If something goes wrong:

  1. Run /root/folders/usr/lib/ditana/create-debug-user from the live system and follow the instructions to make the log retrievable.
  2. Open an issue on github.com/acrion/ditana-installer/issues and attach the log, or email it to [email protected].

The installer is conservative — it tries to fail fast and loud rather than continuing in an inconsistent state. Most failures are reproducible and fixable.