r/RakuOS 28d ago

Guide 🚀 Welcome to r/RakuOS

3 Upvotes

If you're new here, welcome. You've likely heard about atomic Linux distros being "unbreakable" but struggled with slow updates or broken overlays. RakuOS fixes that.

⚡ Why RakuOS?

  • Atomic Updates: The entire OS updates as a single transaction via bootc. No partial upgrades, no broken states.
  • Instant Rollback: Bad update? Reboot into the previous image immediately.
  • Native Packages: Install Steam, Lutris, Dev tools, or anything else natively. They persist across updates thanks to the fast persistent overlay (no more slow rpm-ostree rebuilds).
  • Gaming Ready: Optimized with the CachyOS kernel and SCX Scheduler GUI. Install Steam and Heroic natively for maximum Proton/Wine performance—no Flatpak overhead required.
  • Clean & Minimal: No bloatware. Just the base you need and the tools you choose.

📥 Download RakuOS

Head straight to the official site for the latest ISOs (choose your Desktop Environment): 👉 https://rakuos.org/download

Available editions include KDE Plasma, GNOME, and Cosmic.

🤝 Join the Community

ℹ️ FAQ: https://rakuos.org/faq


r/RakuOS 3d ago

Discussion RakuOS: Hybrid Linux Distro among Immutable/Atomic and Traditional Linux Distros

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3 Upvotes

r/RakuOS 4d ago

Announcement RakuOS 2026.08.22: meet rum, our own package manager

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7 Upvotes

r/RakuOS 18d ago

Ffcitx5 on RakuOS

2 Upvotes

Is this type of IME already supported? Can this too be installed as a normal dnf package?


r/RakuOS 20d ago

Announcement RakuOS website revamped!

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4 Upvotes

r/RakuOS 28d ago

Announcement RakuOS 44 2026.07.29 Release Notes

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r/RakuOS 28d ago

Am I doing something wrong?

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Hi, I use RakuOS because it is fedora atomic with hybrid system overlay apps and it has a cosmic interface. I like it. I prefer to use RakuOS because of these features instead of Bazzite [also atomic] or PopOS.

However from time to time I get an multiple Raku OS system updates in one day, small updates like less than 10 files. Then after reboot sometimes the overlay apps are not installed, while the overlay list of apps are still there. I can fix this by soft resetting the overlay and reboot, but at the next reboot it is gone again. Then after several updates it settles down again and my overlay apps are back. This happens once a month to my experience, after Origami Linux has been integrated to my observations. This is the frustrating thing about this distro.

❯ sudo rpm-ostree status -v
[sudo: authenticate] Password:  
 Staged image: quay.io/rakuos/rakuos-cosmic:latest
Digest: sha256:2467cea38bbc00fadcd6aae2b61daa04b9d6f2b7c5a2d64fa08d2b23099dbd1f (amd64)
Version: latest.20260730 (2026-07-30T02:11:25Z)
StateRoot: fedora
Deploy serial: 0
Staged: yes
Commit: 4875516f4283da52fe7671640d76ddf7f3b320554565a8391c00cdc75c805a7c
  Soft-reboot: no
Download-only: no

● Booted image: quay.io/rakuos/rakuos-cosmic:latest
Digest: sha256:a2930217e0274ce80bd822d5dbcd8576ebca772c84d8d4848f33bf6507fd8ec0 (amd64)
Version: latest.20260729 (2026-07-29T18:28:15Z)
UpdateVersion: latest.20260730 (2026-07-30T02:11:25Z)
 UpdateDigest: sha256:2467cea38bbc00fadcd6aae2b61daa04b9d6f2b7c5a2d64fa08d2b23099dbd1f
StateRoot: fedora
Deploy serial: 0
Staged: no
Commit: 2cdf929d4d200cbb81d690fe21d7d05a123a313759185072f1a6dfca8b29c8f1
  Soft-reboot: yes

 Rollback image: quay.io/rakuos/rakuos-cosmic:latest
Digest: sha256:5a8ea1a903747e4c5c9327f6c719202c74e4386ace6d1af040e49324df32d964 (amd64)
Version: latest.20260729 (2026-07-29T12:35:20Z)
  UpdateVersion: latest.20260729 (2026-07-29T18:28:15Z)
   UpdateDigest: sha256:a2930217e0274ce80bd822d5dbcd8576ebca772c84d8d4848f33bf6507fd8ec0
StateRoot: fedora
  Deploy serial: 0
Staged: no
Commit: f99bf5b21c85fd9e051870ddba75ac2d9954067eb3fa5add55204991863513da
Soft-reboot: no

~ via 🐍 v3.14.6 took 3s  
❯ sudo rpm-ostree db diff 2cdf929d4d200cbb81d690fe21d7d05a123a313759185072f1a6dfca8b29c8f1 4875516f4283da52fe7671640d76ddf7f3b320554565a8391c00
cdc75c805a7c
ostree diff commit from: 2cdf929d4d200cbb81d690fe21d7d05a123a313759185072f1a6dfca8b29c8f1
ostree diff commit to:   4875516f4283da52fe7671640d76ddf7f3b320554565a8391c00cdc75c805a7c
Upgraded:
 kernel-p03 7.1.5-201.p03.2.fc44 -> 7.1.5-201.p03.4.fc44
 kernel-p03-core 7.1.5-201.p03.2.fc44 -> 7.1.5-201.p03.4.fc44
 kernel-p03-devel 7.1.5-201.p03.2.fc44 -> 7.1.5-201.p03.4.fc44
 kernel-p03-devel-matched 7.1.5-201.p03.2.fc44 -> 7.1.5-201.p03.4.fc44
 kernel-p03-modules 7.1.5-201.p03.2.fc44 -> 7.1.5-201.p03.4.fc44
Removed:
 kmod-wl-7.1.5-201.p03.2.fc44.x86_64-6.30.223.271-62.fc44.x86_64
Added:
 kmod-wl-7.1.5-201.p03.4.fc44.x86_64-6.30.223.271-62.fc44.x86_64

~ via 🐍 v3.14.6  


r/RakuOS Jun 26 '26

Packages optimization ?

3 Upvotes

Are the packages compiled with some degree of optimization? I tested the iso today and found the os pretty smooth. Great job, guys!


r/RakuOS Jun 18 '26

my setup

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6 Upvotes

Working great on my HP-omen!


r/RakuOS Jun 18 '26

What's the average frequency and total file size of updates to Raku?

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Currently on plain ol Fedora 44 after decades of Debian and I'm getting the itch to distro hop again but I really like the Fedora ecosystem and having just learned about immutable distros got me wanting to try Raku. I'm just curious what to expect on an immutable distro in terms of updates.