Everything you need.
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RuscaLinux ships 2 727 carefully selected packages on a single hybrid ISO. No app store hunt, no codec chase, no missing language pack — just a desktop that's complete the moment it boots.
Six ideas, one system.
Complete out of the box
Office suite, multimedia editors, a browser, an email client, image and audio tools — all installed and configured before you ever touch a terminal. The first boot is the finished product, not a starting point.
Multilingual
40+ languages bundled in the base image, from the boot menu to LibreOffice and Firefox.
Debian-based
Built on the rock-solid Debian Stable foundation — trixie today, Linux 6.12 — with decades of packaging discipline underneath.
Independent from the update treadmill
RuscaLinux ships with no active repositories. Your system stays exactly as you installed and tested it — no surprise breakages, no nightly churn. When a new version is ready, you move forward with a clean install. Stability is a feature, not an accident.
Modern GNOME 48 desktop
A Wayland session running Mutter, dressed in the custom Adwaita-Prugna icon set, a bespoke Plymouth boot splash, and the Syne wordmark throughout. The whole experience is in one consistent hand.
Live & installable
The hybrid ISO runs as a full live system and carries its own installer — including a speech-synthesis option for accessibility. Try it from a USB stick, then install it when you're ready.
A curated software set.
A selection of the headline applications you'll find on first boot. Every version below ships on the 1.99 ISO.
Office & productivity02 suites
Multimedia & creativity07 apps
Internet & communication03 apps
System & utilitiesGNOME 48
… and 2 700+ more packages underneath: codecs, fonts, printing (CUPS), networking (NetworkManager), AppArmor hardening, and the full GNOME 48 stack.
Base system & package policy · trixie today
Long-term kernel branch
Wayland · Mutter
64-bit architecture
Mandatory access control, enabled
Live + installer in one image