CICADA.OS
● LIVE · —

Install

Product path
Live USB forgets. cicada-install is how Cicada becomes a full OS: LUKS, login, Files, wallpaper, Work UID. First login runs an optional setup wizard (skipped on live).

0 · Get the ISO on a stick

PREREQ

Follow Download. Boot the target laptop from USB (Option/⌥ on Intel Macs). Pick the default Cicada live entry unless you need amnesic copy-to-RAM.

1 · Live session

DEMO
  1. You are cicada Empty password on live. Overlay is RAM.
  2. Wi‑Fi Click WIFI on the bar — telemetry stays off.
  3. Desktop Left dock, tiling windows, Helium for web, Files for pcmanfm-qt.
  4. Do not Enroll duress or TPM on the live stick — there is no LUKS yet.

2 · Install to disk

DAILY DRIVER

Wi‑Fi first (pacstrap needs network). Target another drive — not the live stick.

sudo cicada-install --list
sudo cicada-install --target /dev/sdX                 # external
sudo cicada-install --target /dev/nvme0n1 --internal  # Framework-class only

Apple internal disks are refused. You set a LUKS passphrase (disk) and a user password for cicada (login). Root is locked — use sudo.

3 · First hour on the install

OPTIONAL
sudo passwd cicada-work       # Work UID created at firstboot
sudo cicada-duress-enroll     # second LUKS passphrase
sudo cicada-tpm-enroll        # skip / exit 2 on Apple EFI
sudo cicada-sbctl-enroll      # Setup Mode only
cicada-attest                 # pin device.pub on a phone you trust

Settings → Camera & microphone for the software AV kill. Settings → App permissions for per-app scopes. Full sheet: docs/USER.md in the repo.

Stuck?

SUPPORT

Open an issue on GitHub. Say what machine, which boot entry, and the exact command that failed.