v0.1.0 - Initial cortex-distro release

Complete ISO build pipeline for Cortex Linux.

Features

ISO Build System

• live-build configuration for Debian 13 (trixie)
• Automated installation via preseed
• First-boot provisioning system

Meta-packages

• cortex-core - Base system configuration
• cortex-full - Complete workstation install
• cortex-secops - Security operations tooling
• cortex-llm - LLM/AI development stack

GPU Enablement

• cortex-gpu-nvidia - NVIDIA driver + CUDA
• cortex-gpu-amd - AMD ROCm stack
• Secure Boot MOK signing support

CLI Tools

• cortex-upgrade - Safe upgrades with LVM/Btrfs/ZFS snapshot rollback
• cortex-gpu - GPU detection and enablement
• cortex-verify - Offline integrity verification

Infrastructure

• APT repository management with GPG signing
• SBOM generation (CycloneDX, SPDX)
• GitHub Actions CI/CD with reproducibility testing
• Hardware compatibility matrix
• Key rotation runbook

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/cortexlinux/cortex-distro.git
cd cortex-distro
sudo ./scripts/build.sh offline