Wagashi Linux 1.0 — Natto
Your computer,
always yours.
An Arch-based Linux distribution built to feel like somewhere you actually want to be.
Wagashi Linux 1.0 — Natto
An Arch-based Linux distribution built to feel like somewhere you actually want to be.
Why this exists
Not a hacker tool. Not a rice showcase. Not a statement. A place.
For everyone
Calm, intentional, and quietly yours. Nothing should make you feel stupid. Not built to impress — built to be lived in.
For old hardware
Every old computer deserves a second life. If it still turns on, it deserves a second chance.
Yasashii
The system talks to you — never at you. Honest, brief, kind. If it doesn't feel Yasashii, it's not done yet.
Yours
No telemetry. No silent collection. No dark patterns. Your computer works for you. Quietly.
Four editions
Each edition has a name, a year, and a reason to exist.
2026
KDE Plasma 6 · Wayland
The full Wagashi experience. Warm, complete, ready. The one people will screenshot — for the right reasons.
2077
KDE Plasma 6 · Wayland · Monochrome
Not grayscale by accident. Technology as monochromatic art. A future that hasn't arrived yet.
1996
WindowMaker 0.96
A window into a different era of computing — not as nostalgia, but as a statement about texture.
2008
LXQt
For the computer someone was about to throw away. 2008 is the year people started discarding machines that still worked.
Requirements
Wagashi Linux is built with older hardware in mind. Mishio and Nayuki exist specifically for machines that modern distributions have left behind.
GPU drivers are auto-detected at install — NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel are all supported out of the box.
"Wagashi Linux exists because someone believed that technology could be gentle."
Ana Mamés · 2002–2017
Get started
Download the edition that feels right. Install it. It's yours.