Ignis Philosophy

AetherOS Ignis, shortened to Ignis, is the stable openSUSE Leap platform in the AetherOS family.

Ignis preserves openSUSE Leap’s native ecosystem and release model while adding AetherOS identity, shared tooling, repository configuration, and reproducible build orchestration.

Why Ignis exists

Ignis is for users who want a stable Linux foundation with an upstream release cadence rather than a rolling model.

It follows the same AetherOS principles as the other platforms:

• upstream behavior remains visible
• native tooling stays native
• trust and repository boundaries are explicit
• shared AetherOS components are integrated without turning openSUSE into a fork

Upstream contract

Ignis uses:

• Upstream: openSUSE Leap
• Release policy: stable release
• Package manager: zypper
• Native image tooling: KIWI NG

Exact release and architecture targets are defined by the AetherOS manifest rather than duplicated in this page.

What AetherOS adds

Ignis can include AetherOS-owned integration such as:

• product identity and branding
• AetherOS repository configuration
• shared utilities and system integration
• normalized build and artifact handling through AetherForge
• reproducible platform-specific image composition

openSUSE’s package ecosystem and package manager remain authoritative.

What Ignis is not

Ignis is not:

• an Arch-based stable snapshot
• a replacement package ecosystem
• a fork of openSUSE Leap
• a rolling-release platform

Users who want the AetherOS rolling Linux platform should use Aer, which follows Arch Linux upstream.

Theme identity

Inside the OS, the short form Ignis is used for identity and themes. The supported appearance names are Ignis Light and Ignis Dark.