PikaOS is a gaming Linux distribution focusing on ease of use and high compatibility. Using the know how from Nobara combined with a Ubuntu base, PikaOS is almost unrivaled in software compatibility.
Cute Birb
PikaOS has a cute birb as the logo/mascot. Who doesn't love the little guy? OwO
Gaming Out Of The box
PikaOS is setup to enable as pain free as possible Linux gaming out of the box.
Drivers Included
We include the best drivers for your hardware either baked into the OS or installable through our welcome app.
Excellent Performance
The combination of up to date drivers and a custom tweaked kernel means PikaOS is fast.
Excellent Compatibility
Due to the Ubuntu base and custom patches PikaOS has high levels of software and hardware compatibility.
Open Source
All of our code can be found on our github and our ppas are available on launchpad. Contributions are also very welcome!
What's New
- Switched Pikman Update Manager to the new "pikd" apt backend (Same changes coming to pikman cli soon)
- Added Swap Options for Automatic Partitioning.
- Added Refind timeout options and BOOTX64 mode (msi compat mode) in the installer.
- Added Jan DGPU Switching patches.
- Added extest to Steam by default.
- Updated (linux-firmware, mesa, niri, nvidia-driver, nvidia-vaapi-driver,falcond)
- Updated to Kernel 6.15.3
- PikaOS AMD FSR4 Switcher
- pikafetch included by default
- Updated mesa drivers
- Updated firmware
- Niri update
- xwayland satalite packaged
- lots of other packages updated