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title = "Introducing My New Linux Distro: Casuarina Linux"
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date = 2026-05-19T19:22:09+10:00
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# [extra]
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# updated = 2026-01-27T09:25:58+10:00
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Over the past few months I've been working on a Linux distribution derived from [Chimera Linux], and
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it's now available for download. The distribution is called Casuarina Linux. It swaps out `musl` in
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Chimera for `glibc` to gain more binary compatibility with the wider GNU/Linux ecosystem.
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{{ figure(image="posts/2026/casuarina-linux/casuarina-gnome.webp", link="posts/2026/casuarina-linux/casuarina-gnome.webp", resize_width=1600, border=true, alt="Casuarina Linux GNOME desktop with a music player open and compact fastfetch output showing OS: Casuarina Linux x86, boot manager: systemd-boot, kernel: Linux, init: dinit, libc: glibc, pkgs: apk (1786)", caption="GNOME desktop on Casuarina Linux.") }}
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Most of the heavy lifting was done by [q66] in creating Chimera Linux. I used that excellent base to
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build Casuarina. It inherits most of the composition of Chimera, with the exception of `glibc`:
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- [LLVM] toolchain
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- [Dinit] init system
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- [GNU libc][glibc]
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- [FreeBSD derived core utilities][chimerautils]
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- [apk package manager][apk]
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The resulting system is compact and efficient, but still full-featured and well
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suited to desktop use. It may appeal to people that want a Linux distribution
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that's up-to-date, doesn't compromise on functionality or compatibility, and is
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easy to understand and contribute to. I've been using as the primary OS on my
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laptop and desktop for personal and day job computing since mid-April.
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Read more about it in the [announcement post on the Casuarina Linux website][announce].
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[announce]: https://casuarina.org/news/introducing-casuarina-linux/
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[Chimera Linux]: https://chimera-linux.org/
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[cbuild]: https://chimera-linux.org/about/#buildable-from-source
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[apk]: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/apk-tools
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[LLVM]: https://www.llvm.org/
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[Dinit]: https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/
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[Buildbot]: https://buildbot.net/
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[chimerautils]: https://github.com/chimera-linux/chimerautils
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[glibc]: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
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[Codeberg]: https://codeberg.org/casuarina/
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[q66]: https://q66.moe/
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