RakuOS Adds DNF Support to Immutable Linux, Preserving Packages Across Updates
Updated
Updated · ZDNet · Jun 9
RakuOS Adds DNF Support to Immutable Linux, Preserving Packages Across Updates
1 articles · Updated · ZDNet · Jun 9
Summary
RakuOS lets users install native apps with DNF, DNF5 or its Software Center even though the distro keeps an immutable base system.
The hybrid design uses a persistent overlay mounted on /usr, allowing packages to survive updates while leaving the core OS pristine and rollback-ready.
In hands-on testing, the distro handled regular apps and an Ollama workload smoothly, helped by a performance-focused CachyOS kernel.
A reset attempt by deleting /usr broke booting, but the proper rpm-ostree reset command restored a clean system, underscoring how RakuOS manages changes.
RakuOS is available free in KDE Plasma, GNOME and COSMIC editions, and Fedora Atomic users can rebase directly to it.