ESO OS

Download ESO OS

Free forever. One ISO file for USB sticks, PCs and virtual machines.

Latest version

ESO OS 2.3.0

eso-os-2.3.0-amd64.iso

SHA-25604a8c5fbe297e1f6188ff7026cb6e2f733a2e97740efe6fe21b6db48d7624d6f

The download folder also has ready-to-run virtual machine disks (VirtualBox/VMware .vmdk, QEMU .qcow2).

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download

    Get the ISO file above (about 2 GB).

  2. 2

    Make a USB stick

    Write the ISO to a USB stick of 4 GB or more with Rufus (DD mode), balenaEtcher or Ventoy.

  3. 3

    Start and install

    Start the PC from the USB stick. ESO opens as a live system (user eso, password live). Click Install ESO OS whenever you like.

System requirements

  • 64-bit AMD or Intel processor
  • 1 GB RAM minimum, 2 GB or more recommended
  • 16 GB of disk space
  • Any graphics card, or none
  • BIOS or UEFI, with Secure Boot

Verify your download

Check that the file is complete and really comes from ESO:

sha256sum eso-os-2.3.0-amd64.iso
# Windows (PowerShell): Get-FileHash eso-os-2.3.0-amd64.iso

Fingerprint: 8566 F173 DBE5 207B 550B 73B0 114F A2EB 4B17 267E · eso-archive-key.asc