Rime 2026.10.04.2
Rime OS keeps itself compressed after every update
2 changes, to the system.
Highlights
Rime OS keeps itself compressed after every update
Rime OS now keeps itself compressed after every update, and clears out old system images it no longer uses. On machines installed before 2026-10-04 the first run, shortly after this update, typically frees several gigabytes.
A smaller Rime OS: the AI apps and developer tools install on demand
Rime OS is much smaller: ChatGPT, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Zed and the developer toolchains are no longer part of the system, so this update is a large one-time download and every update after it is lighter.
Known issues
No known release-blocking issues.
Provenance
- Release
- 2026.10.04.2
- OS revision
- 7e125d2e0e4e6411af6a16af19fd57ee3711733f
- Shell revision
- 7bbc05f6d0487562ef5c1ca1e4aec9dca70b48c9
- Image digest
- sha256:65c6d0a1d3f866c927cfc69e007b25fa9173fe7713dea68f61d147c4839e6afe
- Channel
- edge
- Released
- 2026-10-04T13:32:57.000Z
Published to every image tag (apex, daily, edge, gaming-mesa, gaming-nvidia, rime). All of them are the edge channel today. This page explains the release; it is never consulted by an update. What a machine installs is decided by the registry and the image signature (see Security). Machine-readable: 2026.10.04.2.json.
If something is wrong
Go back to the image you were running before this one. It becomes the default at the next boot; your files and settings stay as they are.
sudo rime rollback && sudo systemctl rebootOn an APEX-named system the command is apex. You can also pick the previous entry in the boot menu. More in Rolling back and Recovery.