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Macaroni OS


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC

Macaroni OS, a Linux distribution born as an incubation project under the source-based Funtoo Linux umbrella, develops a range of binary Linux operating systems for desktops, servers and containers.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 317 (42), 6 months: 379 (36), 3 months: 388 (34), 4 weeks: 369 (32), 1 week: 379 (28)

Average visitor rating: 8.0/10 from 1 review(s).

Macaroni Summary
Distribution Macaroni OS
Home Page https://www.macaronios.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums Discord •
Documentation https://www.macaronios.org/docs
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Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://www.macaronios.org/iso/ • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://github.com/macaroni-os/macaroni-funtoo/issues
Related Websites GitHub
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Where To Donate, Buy or Try

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Feature 25.09
Release Date 2025-09-26
End Of Life  
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 1900-3600
Free Download ISO
Installation Calamares
Default Desktop GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Xfce
Default Browser  
Package Format flatpak, Luet
Package Management  
Release Model Rolling
Office Suite LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64
Init Software OpenRC
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual en
Full Package List 25.09
Package 25.09
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.11
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0
apparmor (4.1.7) --
apt (3.2.0) --
bash (5.3) 5.2.37
bind (9.20.22) --
chromium (147.0.7727.55) --
cinnamon (6.6.8) --
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.11
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.2
ffmpeg (8.1) 4.3.1
firefox (149.0.2) 142.0.1
flatpak (1.16.6) 1.16.1
freetype (2.14.3) 2.10.4
gcc (15.2.0) 12.3.0
gimp (3.2.2) 2.10.38
git (2.53.0) 2.49.0
glibc (2.43) 2.33
gnome-shell (50.1) 3.36.7
grub (2.14) 2.12
gtk (4.22.2) 3.24.23
httpd (2.4.66) --
inkscape (1.4.3) 1.3.2
kmod (34.2) 30
krita (6.0.1) --
LibreOffice (26.2.2) 25.8.1
Package 25.09
libselinux (3.10) --
linux (7.0) 6.12.33
mariadb (12.2.2) --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) --
mesa (26.0.5) 22.3.6
mysql (9.6.0) --
nautilus (50.1) 3.36.3
NVIDIA (595.58.03) 565.77
openjdk (26) --
openssh (10.3p1) 10.0p1
openssl (4.0.0) 1.1.1w
perl (5.42.2) 5.32.0
php (8.5.5) --
plasma-desktop (6.6.4) 5.27.9
postfix (3.11.1) 3.10.2
postgresql (18.3) 13.21
Python (3.14.4) 3.9.21
qt (6.11.0) 6.8.3
samba (4.24.0) 4.13.4
systemd (260.1) --
thunderbird (149.0.2) --
vim (9.2) 9.1
vlc (3.0.23) --
wayland (1.25.0) 1.22.0
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.16.0
xorg-server (21.1.22) 21.1.16

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Average rating
8.0
from 1 review(s)


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Version: 25.09
Rating: 8
Date: 2026-02-22
Country: Netherlands
Votes: 2


 For me, this is a hidden gem. So far I haven't had any crashes or had to reinstall after a faulty update. Even with an AMD processor and AMD graphics card, it works quickly and reliably. It is now my daily work OS. I can recommend this OS :-).

Configuration:
HP Pavilion AMD a8-5550M APU Radeon.
Samsung SSD 840 Evo 120GB.
Gnome version 3.36.7.
Kernel version 6.16.5.

Per me questo è un diamante nascosto. Finora non ho avuto blocchi o bisogno di reinstallare a causa di aggiornamenti errati. Anche con un processore AMD e una scheda grafica AMD funziona veloce e affidabile. Ora è il mio sistema operativo di lavoro quotidiano. Posso consigliare questo sistema operativo :-).

Configurazione:
HP Pavilion AMD a8-5550M APU Radeon.
Samsung SSD 840 evo 120Gb.
Versione di Gnome 3.36.7.
Versione del Kernel 6.16.5


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