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Show HN: Debian 13 to ISO and Back

Refracta-on-Debian-13-with-KDE provides tools to create a live ISO from an installed Debian 13 system, and also to install Debian 13 from an ISO back to a hard drive, offering a complete system remastering workflow.

Background

- Debian 13 ("Trixie") is the upcoming stable release of Debian GNU/Linux, a major, community-maintained operating system that underpins countless servers, desktops, and derivative distros (e.g., Ubuntu). It is currently in testing phase. - The project "Refracta" is a set of tools for creating a live, bootable ISO image from an existing Debian installation — essentially "snapshotting" your system into a portable installer or rescue disk. - This GitHub repository combines the two: it provides a script that takes a running Debian 13 system with the KDE Plasma desktop environment and generates a bootable ISO from it, then optionally restores that ISO back onto a drive. - "Show HN" is a category on Hacker News where users share side projects or tools they built. The post signals this is a work-in-progress tool aimed at Debian enthusiasts who want an easy way to clone or distribute their Trixie setup as a live image.

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