Butterbian is a Debian 13 (Trixie) live ISO built around reliable rollback and recovery from the start.
Instead of leaving snapshot setup to the user, it installs with a BTRFS subvolume layout designed for Timeshift and grub-btrfs, making system snapshots and recovery part of the default experience. The current release is focused on an XFCE desktop edition that’s ready to use immediately, with a minimal base edition planned separately.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | XFCE |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | www.butterbian.org |
| Developer: | Butterbian |
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