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RebeccaBlackOS


Last Update: 2024-08-12 19:30 UTC


RebeccaBlackOS is a Debian-based live distribution which can be used to run Wayland desktop sessions. RebeccaBlackOS can run a number of popular open source desktop environments on top of a Wayland graphical session. The distribution was (and remains) one of the only Linux distributions to run a Wayland session from live media. The distribution is available in 32-bit and 64-bit builds for the x86 architecture.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 153 (52), 6 months: 119 (76), 3 months: 236 (28), 4 weeks: 231 (29), 1 week: 238 (27)

Average visitor rating: 10/10 from 2 review(s).


RebeccaBlackOS Summary
Distribution RebecaBlackOS
Home Page https://sourceforge.net/projects/rebeccablackos/
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 • 2024-08-12: Distribution Release: RebeccaBlackOS 2024-08-12
 • 2016-02-09: Distribution Release: RebeccaBlackOS 2016-02-08
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Feature 2024-08-12 2023-01-16 2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2020-05-19 2019-10-05 2018-08-13 2016-02-08 Feature
Release Date 2024-08-12 2023-01-16 2022-12-13 2021-08-30 2020-05-20 2019-10-05 2018-08-21 2016-02-09 Release Date
End Of Life                 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1500-1600 1500-1600 1500-1600 1200-1300 1100-1200 1300-1400 1400-1500 1300-1400 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Weston Weston Weston Weston Weston Weston Weston Weston Default Desktop
Package Management DEB (APT) DEB (APT) DEB (APT) DEB (APT) DEB (APT) DEB (APT) DEB (APT) DEB (APT) Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support                 Asian Language Support
Full Package List 2024-08-12   2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2020-05-19 2019-10-05 2018-08-13 2016-02-08 Full Package List
Package 2024-08-12 2023-01-16 2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2020-05-19 2019-10-05 2018-08-13 2016-02-08 Package
abiword (3.0.5) --       -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) --       1.1.8 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.1.0 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) --       -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2       5.0 5.0 4.4 4.3 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.3) --       -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.3)
chromium (131.0.6778.108) --       -- -- -- -- chromium (131.0.6778.108)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.2       -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3       4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.0       1.44.5 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.13 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (133.0.3) --       -- -- -- -- firefox (133.0.3)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.12.1       -- -- 2.6.3 2.6.1 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) --       -- -- -- -- gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) --       -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.36       2.28 2.28 2.24 2.21 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.2) --       -- -- -- 3.18.1 gnome-shell (47.2)
gnucash (5.9) --       -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) --       -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.06       2.02 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.7) --       2.24.32 2.24.32 2.24.31 3.18.6 gtk (4.16.7)
httpd (2.4.62) --       -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) --       -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.3) --       -- -- -- -- k3b (24.08.3)
kmod (33) 30       26 26 23 22 kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) --       -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.3) --       -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (24.8.3)
linux (6.12.4) 6.10.3       5.5.17 4.19.67 4.17.8 4.3.3 linux (6.12.4)
Package 2024-08-12 2023-01-16 2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2020-05-19 2019-10-05 2018-08-13 2016-02-08 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) --       -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) --       -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) --       -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.1) 1       18.3.6 18.3.6 13.0.6 11.1.1 mesa (24.3.1)
mysql (9.1.0) --       -- -- -- -- mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.1) --       -- -- -- 3.18.5 nautilus (47.1)
NVIDIA (565.77) --       -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (565.77)
openbox (3.6.1) --       -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) --       -- -- -- -- openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.2p1       7.9p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 7.1p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.0.13d       1.1.1d 1.1.1c 1.1.0f 1.0.2f openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.36.0       5.28.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.22.1 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.4.1) --       -- -- -- -- php (8.4.1)
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) --       -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.2.4)
postfix (3.9.1) --       -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.1)
postgresql (17.2) --       -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.1) 3.11.2       3.7.3 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.11 Python (3.13.1)
qt (6.8.1) --       -- -- -- -- qt (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.2) 4.17.12       -- -- -- 4.1.17 samba (4.21.2)
systemd (256.9) 252.26       241 241 232 228 systemd (256.9)
thunderbird (133.0) --       -- -- -- -- thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) 9.0       8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) --       -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) --       1.16.0 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.9.0 wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) --       -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) --       -- -- 1.19.2 1.18.0 xorg-server (21.1.14)

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Version: 2021-08-30
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-30
Votes: 7


Incredible OS with incredible backstory, I remember my aunt installing this on my gaming rig when I was just 2.


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Version: 2021-08-30
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-25
Votes: 17


absolutely fantastic, what is not to love? I mean it it such a great operating system it is going to become my daily driver.


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