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RAKUOS CHANGELOG: RakuOS 45 "Chojiro"

November 3, 2026 · Announcements

Period: 2026-10-17 → 2026-11-04 · Commits: 161 across 18 repositories. Everything RakuOS 45 brings over RakuOS 44: every commit on the staging branches that isn't on main, plus what landed on main since the 2026.10.30 changelog, grouped by component. The headline is rum's package layers.

RakuOS 45 "Chojiro": package layers, Fedora 45, and a new way to keep your apps

November 3, 2026 · Announcements

RakuOS 45 "Chojiro" is here, built on Fedora 45. The headline is rum's package layers: your installed apps now live in versioned, read-only layers over the system, with live installs, instant undo, an automatic fallback when a change breaks booting, updates prepared before you reboot, and every system version keeping its own apps. Plus oo7 in place of GNOME Keyring, kmscon text consoles, GNOME 51, Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11.0, Niri 26.04, Hyprland 0.57, RPM 6.1 and a new toolchain from Fedora 45.

RAKUOS CHANGELOG 2026.10.30

October 30, 2026 · Announcements

Period: 2026-10-28 → 2026-10-30 · Commits: 19 across 10 repositories. The hotfix for 2026.10.28: every commit that landed on main or staging in the RakuOS GitLab group since the last changelog, grouped by component.

RakuOS 2026.10.30 hotfix: Intel touchscreens, Secure Boot re-enrollment, and web apps that let you type

October 30, 2026 · Announcements

A small hotfix. A new opt-in driver for Intel touchscreens on Surface and other laptops, the Secure Boot key re-enrolls after a firmware update wiped it, web apps no longer crash when you type, and rum stops holding back unrelated packages while a driver waits for its kernel build.

RAKUOS CHANGELOG 2026.10.28

October 28, 2026 · Announcements

Period: 2026-10-26 → 2026-10-28 · Commits: 24 across 11 repositories. The hotfix for 2026.10.26: every commit that landed on main or staging in the RakuOS GitLab group since the last changelog, grouped by component.

RakuOS 2026.10.28 hotfix: a Hyprland ISO, repository fixes, drivers that find their builds, and Steam Deck-sized apps

October 28, 2026 · Announcements

A hotfix for the 2026.10.26 update, and a new Hyprland ISO. The Welcome app shows whether Terra and RPM Fusion are really on, old repository files move to where rum keeps them, driver installs and kmod-upgrade fetch fresh repository data, and the Software Center, Welcome app and installer fit small screens like the Steam Deck's.

RAKUOS CHANGELOG 2026.10.26

October 26, 2026 · Announcements

Period: 2026-10-17 → 2026-10-26 · Commits: 303 across 48 repositories. Every commit that landed on main or staging in the RakuOS GitLab group since the last changelog, grouped by component.

RakuOS 2026.10.26: a Drivers page, kernel 7.3, and an overlay you can switch off

October 26, 2026 · Announcements

Drivers beyond Broadcom Wi-Fi and v4l2loopback are now opt-in from a new Drivers page and follow kernel updates on their own. Kernel 7.3.0 on both channels, an overlay on/off switch, a faster COSMIC Software Center, AppImages in the Welcome app, DamnationX, and RakuOS 45 "Chojiro" taking shape on staging.

RAKUOS CHANGELOG 2026.10.17

October 17, 2026 · Announcements

Period: 2026-09-29 → 2026-10-17 · Commits: 273 across 38 repositories. Every commit that landed on main or staging in the RakuOS GitLab group since the last changelog, grouped by component.

RakuOS 2026.10.17: a locked-down boot chain, signed drivers, and ready for Easy Anti-Cheat v2

October 17, 2026 · Announcements

The kernel, its boot arguments and every out-of-tree driver are reworked so RakuOS meets Easy Anti-Cheat Linux v2's requirements. Plus bootloader updates, a rescue mode in the boot menu, better dual boot, RPM Fusion off by default, new documentation and docs for AI assistants. The last feature update for RakuOS 44.

RAKUOS RELEASE NOTES: 2026.09.29

September 29, 2026 · Announcements

Covers: 22 August to 28 September 2026 · 707 commits across 32 repositories Full commit list: see the full changelog post · Source: https://gitlab.com/rakuos Headliner: RakuOS is now 100% bootc Every RakuOS image is now built on Fedora's official bootc base (fedora-bootc-minimal) instead of the old rpm-ostree desktop base. rpm-ostree is no longer shipped on RakuOS images.

RAKUOS CHANGELOG 2026.09.29

September 29, 2026 · Announcements

Period: 2026-08-22 → 2026-09-28 Commits: 707 across 32 repositories All commits that landed on main or staging in the RakuOS GitLab group (https://gitlab.com/rakuos), grouped by component. Merge commits are omitted. Entries marked (staging) have not reached main yet.

RakuOS 2026.08.22: meet rum, our own package manager

August 22, 2026 · Announcements

This release's headline is a big one: RakuOS now has its own native package manager, rum. It's not a side project sitting off to the edge of the system, it's the backend now powering package installs and removals in both RakuOS Software and RakuOS Welcome, and it's steadily taking over from dnf everywhere else too.

RakuOS 2026.08.22 Changelog

August 22, 2026 · Announcements

New native Rust package manager, rum, built specifically for RakuOS's overlay architecture. See the https://rakuos.org/blog/release-2026-08-22 for the full writeup.

Introducing Rum, RakuOS's own package manager

August 12, 2026 · Announcements

For most of its life, RakuOS relied on dnf, the same package manager every other Fedora based system uses. That worked fine for a plain Fedora install, but RakuOS is not a plain Fedora install. It is an image based, overlay driven system, and dnf was never designed with that model in mind. Over time the gap between what dnf assumes and what RakuOS actually needs became too wide to paper over, so we built Rum: a native package manager written from scratch specifically for how RakuOS works.

RakuOS stance on Age Verification

August 9, 2026 · Announcements

**Illinois just signed HB 5511 — the "Children's Online Social Media Safety Act" — into law.** Buried inside the child-safety framing is a mandate that goes far beyond social media: by January 1, 2028, operating systems themselves have to build in an age-signal interface, collect an age category at account setup, and hand that signal to any app that asks for it. Not a website. Not an app. The **operating system**.

Welcome to the New Website

August 3, 2026 · Announcements

We're excited to welcome you to the redesigned RakuOS website! We've rebuilt things from the ground up to make it easier to find what you need — whether that's downloading the latest release, browsing documentation, or joining the conversation on the forum.