I recently came across an interesting version of the Fedora Atomic distro with minimal amount of pre-installed apps where, unlike in traditional Atomic, you can also install traditional RPM packages on RakuOS.
" Notice: Even though we consider the current release of RakuOS stable, RakuOS is still an early project, bugs are to be expected, and a proper bug tracker / submission flow is coming soon. This site is still under construction, and some pages and features may not be fully functional yet."
“RakuOS is a Hybrid Atomic Linux distribution built on Fedora — combining an immutable, read-only base system with the full package flexibility of a traditional distro. The core system updates atomically via bootc and can be instantly rolled back, while a persistent overlay lets you install any native package that survives every update. Stable, unbreakable, and completely flexible.”
Some info:
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Fedora 44
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Does have KDE Plasme, GNOME, Cosmic options
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Does have official dual boot support
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You can install/manage/update pakages with “RokuOS Softaware”
- does have traditional packages, Flatpack, Appimage, Web App, Distrobox
or via konsole
- install traditional pagakes with “sudo rakuos install {package-name}”
- uninstall “sudo rakuos remove {package-name}”
More info: https://rakuos.org/faq
- Kernel: “As of this release, RakuOS has switched from the CachyOS kernel to Linux-P03, CatPieLeaf’s custom kernel built on Fedora Koji sources with a carefully curated set of patches targeting performance, responsiveness, and hardware compatibility.”
More info: https://rakuos.org/forum/topic/rakuos-linux-44-20260705-official-dual-boot-support-new-kernel
Third party video/article
Michael Tunnell brief explanation what RakuOS is (timestamp: 8:49-11:56)
ZDNet article