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Put it on a stick. Boot it.

One USB image carries the whole platform: LexiOS on Linux 7.4, LexiKernel, LexiEngine and LexiPanel. It contains no models; you add your own from the Panel. Free for private, research and educational use, with no account and no licence key.

Current imageBuilt 11/13/2026 · source 5db82d6

LexiSuite-5db82d6-secureboot-dev.img.xz

Download size351 MB
Written to the stick3 GiB, grows to fill it
Boot entriesLexiOS on Linux 7.4-rc2 · LexiKernel
StatusDevelopment release
SHA-256 of the .img.xz445e314a4e49ffeaa3a807f4b7db05e9410f25f463c85a594e9c2c13b7a68506
SHA-256 of the written image34b836bd20246ecc6c97f37b0e5f8887045fa19c7106f5388351d639511b0836

This image has the engine measured on the home page, passed the full test set and every boot of its virtual-machine qualification on 11/13/2026. What changed in each image is in the release notes.

Two places to get it.

Take three files and keep them in one folder: the .img.xz, its .img.xz.sha256 and install-to-usb.sh from the buttons above. The checksums above tell you that you have the right image.

Install to a USB stick.

You need a USB stick of 8 GB or more. Everything on it is erased. Unplug other removable drives first so there is nothing to pick by mistake.

Linux: one commandRecommended

The script checks the image against its checksum, lists only USB disks, refuses a disk that is in use or too small, makes you type the disk's name, writes the image, reads the whole image back from the stick to compare, and ejects.

# with the three files in one folder
bash install-to-usb.sh --dry-run     # every check, nothing written, no root needed
sudo bash install-to-usb.sh          # write the image in this folder to the stick you choose

Or let it download the image for you:

curl -fLO install-to-usb.sh
sudo bash install-to-usb.sh https://lexipanel.com/download/LexiSuite-5db82d6-secureboot-dev.img.xz
Windows or macOS: an image writerbalenaEtcher · Raspberry Pi Imager
  1. Check the download first (see Verify below).
  2. balenaEtcher: choose Flash from file, pick the .img.xz (no need to unpack it), select the USB stick, Flash.
  3. Raspberry Pi Imager: choose Use custom as the operating system, pick the .img.xz, select the stick as storage, Write.
  4. Wait for the writer's own verification to finish, then eject the stick.

Do not copy the .xz file onto the stick as a normal file; that does not make it bootable.

Linux: by hand with ddIf you prefer to see every step
lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,MODEL,TRAN,RM,MOUNTPOINTS     # find the stick: TRAN is usb
sha256sum -c LexiSuite-5db82d6-secureboot-dev.img.xz.sha256
set -o pipefail
xz -dc LexiSuite-5db82d6-secureboot-dev.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M conv=fsync status=progress
sync

/dev/sdX is a placeholder. Replace it with the whole stick (for example /dev/sdc, not /dev/sdc1) only after checking its size and model. Writing to the wrong disk destroys what is on it.

Verify the download.

Linux and macOS

sha256sum -c LexiSuite-5db82d6-secureboot-dev.img.xz.sha256     # Linux
shasum -a 256 LexiSuite-5db82d6-secureboot-dev.img.xz           # macOS: compare with the value above

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-FileHash .\LexiSuite-5db82d6-secureboot-dev.img.xz -Algorithm SHA256

Compare the whole value with the SHA-256 of the .img.xz shown at the top of this page. If it differs, download again and do not write the file.

Boot it and open the Panel.

  1. Restart the PC, open its boot-device menu (often F12, F11 or Esc) and choose the USB stick's UEFI entry.
  2. Secure Boot on: first append the LexiSuite development certificate to the firmware's allow-list; the existing keys stay. Steps. Secure Boot off: the stick boots as it is.
  3. Choose 2 LexiOS on Linux 7.4 on a new machine: it has the widest hardware support and runs the GPU natively. 1 LexiKernel is LexiSuite's own kernel and needs an active IOMMU.
  4. The machine's screen shows the Panel's address. Open it from a browser on the same network, create the administrator, add a model and chat.

What you need

  • A 64-bit x86 PC with UEFI firmware and AVX2
  • A USB stick of 8 GB or more
  • 8 GB of RAM; 16 GB or more for larger models
  • Wired network for first setup
  • Optional and the point: an AMD, Intel or NVIDIA GPU

Getting started · First boot · Hardware · Troubleshooting

This is a development release. The image has passed its virtual-machine qualification; it has not yet been booted on a physical Secure Boot PC. Use a machine and a stick you can afford to experiment with.