October Linux is an Arch-based Linux distribution. It provides a fast installer written in Go that takes a JSON configuration as input to deploy a full system. While heavily dependent on network operations for installing packages, October Linux can be installed in the 3 to 15 minutes range, depending on how many extra packages you want to install.
For reference, my laptop installation was ready in 6 minutes while my desktop took 10 minutes. The time difference was mostly dependent on network connectivity (Wi-Fi on the laptop vs. ethernet on the desktop) and number of extra packages (more on the desktop).
A default pre-configured desktop environment composed of Hyprland, a Quickshell bar and the Wofi app launcher is installed, along with other base packages. The full base packages list is available here.
A nice perk is that the desktop environment’s colors automatically adapt to your wallpaper:
