Redrose Linux

An independent x86_64 systemd-free FOSS-only-by-default Linux distribution from Slovakia. We have a custom package manager and a custom DE is coming soon. There are also plans for reproducibiity in the distro.

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Why?

The main issue with a lot of distros is:

They are reskins of Debian or Arch
They have a cool feature that is implemented in a bad way
I had to say it. Their package managers are slow.

Redrose Linux implements features from distros as Arch, NixOS and others into one distro.

The installer is made in C.

Our package manager - Car

Car fixes a big issue of a lot of classic package managers as APT or DNF, which is speed. Car is extremely fast and uses a .tar.zst format, however it supports native conversion of .deb files (support for other formats is coming soon!).

Car is made in Nim.

Pick your coreutils

We will not force you to use GNU coreutils. We will not force you to use uutils. We will not force you to use Busybox. You pick whatever you want.

Absolutely incredible project. As someone who has just started switching from Windows to Linux, I absolutely love seeing more and more people adopting this and showing off how cool Linux is and how deep you can go with it. The package manager is so incredibly quick! Incredibly impressed by this and appreciate the minimal installer too. Demonstrates the beauty of Linux of being able to implement features in your own way. Amazing stuff.

Source

Ben Powley

Senior developer at Jagex

Waitlist

Redrose Linux is currently in alpha and now runs on a fully independent base system.

Join the waitlist for future stable releases, or try the independent alpha build today.

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Documentation and Github

docs.redroselinux.org →

github.com/redroselinux →