Welcome to Stormux. Stormux is an accessible to the blind Raspberry Pi distribution based on Arch Linux ARM.

Stormux has a few extra packages like magic-wormhole and the Fenrir screen reader installed on the image. Also, Stormux uses pipewire for sound.

You can grab the latest images for the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 from https://stormux.org/downloads. For convenience, there is a script available called configure-stormux that can help with installing desktops, enabling bluetooth (aarch64 only), and a few other things. To use it, simply type configure-stormux at the prompt.

Help is available on the Stormux email list or by selecting “Get help on IRC” from the configure-stormux menu.

Subscribe to the Stormux Email List

To join the Stormux mailing list, send an email with the subject subscribe to the following address:

stormux+subscribe@groups.io

If your email client doesn’t open automatically, you can manually compose an email to stormux+subscribe@groups.io and set the subject to subscribe.

Here follows methods of preparing an SD card with the Stormux operating system. For this procedure, you will need at minimum an 8GB SD card as well as A card reader and a host computer running Linux, MacOS, or Windows. You also need to determine the type of Raspberry Pi you have. Stormux is compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4 as well as the 5.

You can download the latest image for your Pi from https://stormux.org/downloads{.wp-editor-md-post-content-link}. There are also sha1sums available for each download, so you can verify the image was not corrupted during the transfer.

Keeping your data safe is very important. SD cards are somewhat fragile, and like any other data storage device, they can and will eventually stop working. If you are prepared for this eventuality, however, data recovery is as simple as removing the broken card and inserting the backup.

To backup your current installation of Stormux, you will need an SD card with at least as much space as your current one. You will also need a USB card reader. Insert the backup card into the reader, and attach it to the Pi.