I'm a software developer and open-source community builder. Together with my father, Darren, we build free software for everyone with a focus on privacy, stability, and user freedom. Our flagship project is AcreetionOS — a user-friendly, Arch Linux–based distribution.

• 🌐 Personal site: natalie.acreetionos.org
• 🏳️‍⚧️ Transition journey: trans.natalie.acreetionos.org
• 🖥️ AcreetionOS: acreetionos.org

Find my work across these platforms:

• Self-hosted GitLab:gitlab.acreetionos.org/natalie
• GitLab:gitlab.com/sprungles
• GNOME GitLab:gitlab.gnome.org/sprungles
• Arch Linux GitLab:gitlab.archlinux.org/sprungles
• Codeberg:codeberg.org/sprunglesontheberg

AcreetionOS is a user-friendly, privacy-focused Linux distribution built on Arch Linux. It pairs the power and flexibility of Arch with a clean, welcoming desktop experience (primarily Cinnamon), so everyday users get a fast, stable, and transparent OS without the complexity or intrusion of mainstream platforms.

What makes AcreetionOS stand out:

• Stable by design: New packages are held back for a week of testing before they reach users, buffering everyone from upstream breakage.
• Privacy-first, open infrastructure: All code and build tooling is public, so the project stays transparent and independently maintainable.
• Hybrid bootloader: Keeps AcreetionOS compatible across both modern and older hardware.
• Community-centered support: Feedback and bug reports are centralized so they reach developers quickly.
• Curated daily-use tooling: The default install is clean but complete, aiming to make Linux less intimidating for newcomers without sacrificing power.

Core repos:

AcreetionOS is being built and refined across many desktop environments and form factors:

• acreetionos-terminal
• acreetionos-code
• acreetionos-memory-manager
• acreetionos-flasher
• acreetionos-flatpak-repo
• acreetion-appstore
• acreetionos-archive-uploader
• acreetionos-server

• acreetionos-blog
• acreetionos-newsletter
• acreetionos-news-tracker

• Stable by default: We hold packages back for a week of testing before releasing them.
• Open everything: Builds, code, and tooling are public for transparency and community contribution.
• Centralized feedback: Support and bug reporting are kept in one place so developers and users aren't scattered.
• User-centered design: Linux can be intimidating; we focus on lowering the barrier without removing power.
• Quality over flash: Reliability and clarity matter more than constant churn.

• A living Performance Optimization Plan guides ongoing speed, memory, and UX work.
• AcreetionOS has expanded from its Cinnamon roots into many desktop environments, plus immutable and 32-bit editions.
• Build and release tooling for ISOs has been improved and automated.
• Theming, default tooling, and installer polish are being refined across editions to reduce friction.

• machbb — Firefox/IceCat build tool
• chromiumbb — Chromium build tool
• tinyscript — Libre JS alternative
• SLK & SLK-TUI — custom system tooling
• browsers
• Linux-Mint-Ports
• ajs-compiler
• Acrotium
• acreetium
• arrow-machine
• literature
• websites
• ai-ide-templates
• spivanatalie64.github.io

• Personal site: natalie.acreetionos.org
• Transition blog: trans.natalie.acreetionos.org
• AcreetionOS: acreetionos.org
• Self-hosted GitLab: gitlab.acreetionos.org/natalie
• GitLab: gitlab.com/sprungles
• GNOME GitLab: gitlab.gnome.org/sprungles
• Arch Linux GitLab: gitlab.archlinux.org/sprungles
• Codeberg: codeberg.org/sprunglesontheberg