At Input Output HK we’ve heard your requests for Daedalus on Linux and are pleased to announce it’s ready for public beta testing. Given the variety of Linux distributions and customizations we want to gather feedback from the community before making a fully supported Linux release.

This beta test is aimed at Linux users who are comfortable running a script in a terminal.

Disclaimer

This is beta software we are releasing for testing If you test with Ada in this build we ask that you:

Use small amounts Confirm the 12-word wallet recovery phrase restores your wallet in a supported Windows or macOS build As always, keep your wallet recovery phrase safe.

In supported Windows and macOS builds there is mechanism for fetching update versions from the blockchain. That feature is disabled in this Linux beta release. Consequently, when the production Linux release is available you won’t be prompted to update to the next version. Instead you will have to install the initial production release manually. Look for an FAQ entry on the Daedalus website after the production release.

Usage

These steps assume you are comfortable running scripts in a Linux terminal and are logged into a graphical desktop session as a user other than root .

Download the installer: https://update-cardano-mainnet.iohk.io/Daedalus-mainnet-installer-1.1.0.960.bin Verify the sha256 hash: sha256sum ~/Downloads/Daedalus-mainnet-installer-1.1.0.960.bin

Expected: e3966a478fd8e66f39a5e5e5e09c85dae9b9fed21854f24c736790789eeaa963

Run the installer: bash ~/Downloads/Daedalus-mainnet-installer-1.1.0.960.bin

On some Linux distributions this may initially fail and request you to run some commands to enable kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone . After doing that try running the installer again.

Start Daedalus

Desktop menu (installer creates ~/.local/share/applications/Daedalus.desktop )

) Run ~/bin/daedalus

Providing feedback

We want to hear about your experience, both good and otherwise. There are two recommended ways to submit feedback directly to us. Either way, please include the phrase Linux Beta in the submission form.

Click on the bug icon in Daedalus.

This is the best option if you had problems because it allows you the option to submit your logs if you select this.

Go to the Daedalus support page and click the email support button.

Thanks for taking part in this beta test, we appreciate your help in getting this software ready for general release.