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RebeccaBlackOS


Last Update: 2026-02-23 15:33 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: 286 (46), 6 months: 276 (58), 3 months: 215 (79), 4 weeks: 113 (165), 1 week: 158 (76)

Average visitor rating: 9.0/10 from 3 review(s).

RebeccaBlackOS Summary
Distribution RebecaBlackOS
Home Page https://sourceforge.net/projects/rebeccablackos/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-08-12: Distribution Release: RebeccaBlackOS 2024-08-12
 • 2016-02-09: Distribution Release: RebeccaBlackOS 2016-02-08
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Feature 2026-02-22 2024-08-12 2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2019-10-05 2016-02-08
Release Date 2026-02-23 2024-08-12 2022-12-13 2020-05-20 2018-08-21 2016-02-09
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1700-1800 1500-1600 1500-1600 1100-1200 1400-1500 1300-1400
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares
Default Desktop Weston Weston Weston Weston Weston Weston
Default Browser Falkon Falkon Falkon Falkon Falkon  
Package Format deb, flatpak deb deb deb deb deb
Package Management apt apt apt apt apt apt
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 2026-02-22 2024-08-12 2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2019-10-05 2016-02-08
Package 2026-02-22 2024-08-12 2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2019-10-05 2016-02-08
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.14 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.1.0
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
apparmor (4.1.7) -- -- -- 2.13.2 2.11.1 --
apt (3.1.16) 3.0.3 2.6.1 2.2.4 1.8.2 1.4.8 1.2.1
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.3
bind (9.20.20) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (146.0.7680.164) -- -- -- -- -- --
cinnamon (6.6.7) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.16) -- -- -- -- -- --
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.13
ffmpeg (8.1) rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos
firefox (149.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
flatpak (1.16.3) 1.16.2 -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.14.3) 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.6.1
gcc (15.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gimp (3.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
git (2.53.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.43) 2.41 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.21
gnome-shell (50.0) rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos 3.18.1
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2
gtk (4.22.1) rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
kmod (34.2) 34.2 30 28 26 23 22
krita (6.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (26.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Package 2026-02-22 2024-08-12 2022-12-12 2021-08-30 2019-10-05 2016-02-08
libselinux (3.10) 3.8.1 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.4
linux (6.19.9) 6.19.3 6.10.3   5.5.17 4.17.8 4.3.3
mariadb (12.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) rbos rbos rbos -- -- --
mesa (26.0.3) rbos 22.3.6 rbos 18.3.6 13.0.6 11.1.1
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (50.0) rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos 3.18.5
NVIDIA (595.58.03) -- -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (26) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (10.2p1) 10.0p1 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 7.1p1
openssl (3.6.1) 3.5.4 3.0.13 1.1.1n 1.1.1k 1.1.0c 1.0.2f
perl (5.42.1) 5.40.1 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.22.1
php (8.5.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.6.3) rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos rbos
postfix (3.11.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (18.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.14.3) 3.13.5 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.11
qt (6.11.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
samba (4.24.0) -- -- -- -- -- 4.1.17
systemd (260.1) 257.9 252.26 247.3 241 232 228
thunderbird (149.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4
vlc (3.0.23) -- -- -- -- -- --
wayland (1.25.0) 1.23.1 rbos rbos 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.9.0
xfdesktop (4.20.1) rbos rbos -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.21) -- -- -- -- 1.19.2 1.18.0

Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for RebeccaBlackOS

Average rating
9.0
from 3 review(s)


Version: 2024-08-12
Rating: 7
Date: 2026-01-25
Votes: 0


 a very interesting look at various aspects if wayland since multiple desktops and compositors were used. While it worked fine when live booting; if installed created an inoperable environment. I was not really ready to dig into and debug ie. the fan ran continuously and the mouse froze up on this dated HW (2011 64 bit amd w/Radeon Graphics). In fairness this probably has more to do w/ R840 HW than the OS. Unable to debug things like ACPI so maybe toshiba driver missing (/dev/toshiba ?)

Because of its dated look and feel (curses like windows) i can't imagine using as a daily driver, but will give it a spin on some different HW some day.
Version: 2021-08-30
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-30
Votes: 9


 Incredible OS with incredible backstory, I remember my aunt installing this on my gaming rig when I was just 2.
Version: 2021-08-30
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-25
Votes: 23


 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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