ANTE DOCUMENTATION

Install, build and maintain Ante OS.

Ante is distributed as three operating systems: Ante PC, Ante Mobile and Ante Server. Complete OS release images are stored and delivered through Pieneo Cloud. Antelopa applications are installed only after Ante is running.

Open OS releases Build from source

Full OS images Pieneo Cloud delivery Signed releases Source builds

01 · CHOOSE AN EDITION

Three operating systems. One release platform.

Choose the edition for the hardware you are installing. Each release page provides the complete operating-system image and release metadata.

Desktop & laptop operating system

Ante PC

Bootable ISO / disk image

PC source tree + build configuration

Phone & tablet operating system

Ante Mobile

Device-specific system images

Mobile source tree + device configuration

Bare-metal & virtual infrastructure

Ante Server

Server ISO / VM image

Server source tree + build profiles

02 · RELEASE ARCHITECTURE

The operating system comes from Pieneo Cloud.

The Antelopa website is the release interface. Pieneo Cloud stores the OS images, manifests, checksums, signatures and release metadata behind it.

01Release page

Choose Ante PC, Ante Mobile or Ante Server.

02Pieneo Cloud

The selected release resolves to its versioned OS image and metadata.

03OS image

Download the complete ISO, disk image or device image set.

04Verify

Confirm checksum and Antelopa release signature.

05Install

Write, boot or flash the image onto the target hardware.

06Update

After first boot, Ante connects to signed update repositories.

ANTE PC · INSTALLATION

Download and install Ante PC.

Open release center

Ante PCComplete operating-system installation

Choose the PC release

Open the Ante PC release page and select the architecture that matches the target computer.

Download the OS image

The complete operating-system image is delivered from Antelopa release storage on Pieneo Cloud. This is the OS itself, not an application package.

Verify the release

Check the published SHA-256 checksum and release signature for the exact image you downloaded.

Create installation media

Write the ISO or image to a USB drive with a supported image-writing tool.

Boot the target computer

Select the USB device from the computer firmware or boot menu and start the Ante installer.

Install Ante PC

Choose the target disk, confirm the installation layout, and let the installer deploy the base system.

Complete first boot

Create or connect an Antelopa account, configure networking and privacy preferences, then apply the latest signed system updates.

ANTE MOBILE · INSTALLATION

Download and install Ante Mobile.

Open release center

Ante MobileComplete operating-system installation

Confirm device support

Use the supported-device list to match the exact manufacturer, model and device codename.

Choose the matching build

Select the Ante Mobile build created for that hardware profile. Mobile images are device-specific.

Download the OS images

Boot, system, vendor and recovery images are delivered from Pieneo Cloud as part of the selected Ante Mobile release.

Verify every image

Check release checksums and signatures before writing any image to the device.

Prepare the device

Follow the device-specific installation page for bootloader, recovery and connection requirements.

Install the release

Flash the release images in the documented order for the selected device.

Start Ante Mobile

Complete first boot, configure the account and allow Ante to retrieve signed system and software updates.

ANTE SERVER · INSTALLATION

Download and install Ante Server.

Open release center

Ante ServerComplete operating-system installation

Choose a deployment target

Select bare metal, a supported virtual machine format, or compatible Moigram server hardware.

Select the server release

Choose the required architecture and release channel from the Ante Server release page.

Download the server image

The complete Ante Server OS image is delivered from Pieneo Cloud release storage.

Verify integrity

Confirm the SHA-256 checksum and Antelopa release signature before deployment.

Boot or attach the image

Use bootable installation media for physical hardware or mount the image to the target virtual machine.

Install the base system

Configure storage, networking, administrator access and the system hostname.

Connect update channels

After first boot, synchronize the approved Ante repositories and apply the latest signed system updates.

03 · VERIFY RELEASES

Verify the OS before installation.

Every release has integrity metadata alongside the image so the downloaded operating system can be checked before it reaches a device.

SHA-256

Compare the downloaded image against the checksum published for that exact release.

SHA256SUMS

Release signature

Confirm that the release manifest or checksum file is signed by the trusted Antelopa release key.

SHA256SUMS.sig

Release manifest

Review version, architecture, file names, build channel and supported hardware metadata.

release.json

04 · BUILD FROM SOURCE

Developers can build Ante from source.

The source workflow follows a multi-repository operating-system model: sync the manifest, select a target, configure the build environment and generate installable system images.

Initialize the source tree

Create a clean workspace and initialize the Antelopa manifest for the selected release branch.

Synchronize repositories

Fetch the kernel, system, framework, build tools, device trees and platform components referenced by the manifest.

Select a build target

Choose Ante PC, a supported Ante Mobile device target, or an Ante Server profile.

Compile system images

Build the OS and produce the bootable or flashable artifacts for that target.

ante://sourcebuild workflow

# create a source workspace

$ mkdir ante-source && cd ante-source

# initialize the Antelopa source manifest

$ repo init -u <Antelopa manifest repository> -b <release branch>

$ repo sync

# configure the selected target

$ source build/envsetup.sh

$ lunch <ante target>

# compile operating-system images

$ <Antelopa build command>

05 · AFTER INSTALLATION

OS installation and app installation are separate.

The OS image gives you Ante itself. Once Ante is running, applications and updates are delivered through the Ante software layer.

System updates

Use Ante signed update channels to keep the operating system current.

ante update

Applications

Install Antelopa software only after Ante is installed and running.

ante install antelopa-browser

Repository sync

Ante resolves system and software metadata from Pieneo-backed repositories.

ante repo sync

Choose your Ante release.

Open the release center to select Ante PC, Ante Mobile or Ante Server, then follow the installation guide for that edition.

Open OS releases