RakuOS fixes the one thing that annoys me most about immutable Linux distros

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• RakuOS is a hybrid immutable/standard Linux distro
• With RakuOS you get the best of both worlds with security and usability.
• RakuOS can be downloaded and installed for free.

Immutable Linux is about as secure as an OS can get. By mounting certain directories as read-only, malicious code or bad actors cannot affect the data within. I could seriously place my full faith in immutable Linux and not worry about a thing.

Until I wanted to install an application using the distribution's built-in package manager.

With immutable Linux distributions, software is typically installed via containers, such as Flatpak or Snap. Installation of apps is done this way because of the read-only nature of certain directories. Because of that, standard package managers cannot install the necessary files, so using the likes of apt, dnf, or pacman is a no-go.

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