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  "schema": 1,
  "id": "2026.10.08.5",
  "product": "rime",
  "name": "Rime 2026.10.08.5",
  "title": "Install Rime OS from Windows, beside Windows, without a USB stick",
  "date": "2026-10-08T08:25:18.000Z",
  "channels": [
    "apex",
    "daily",
    "edge",
    "gaming-mesa",
    "gaming-nvidia",
    "platform-apex",
    "platform-daily",
    "platform-gaming-mesa",
    "platform-gaming-nvidia",
    "platform-rime",
    "rime"
  ],
  "predecessor": "2026.10.08.4",
  "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.10.08.5",
  "summary": "Rime OS can be installed from Windows without a USB stick: shrink C:, run the Rime installer for Windows, pick the space and restart. Rime gets its own boot partition, and Windows is left as it was.",
  "provenance": {
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    "shellRevision": "4aa938a0fe00979e3e7e01243ade00f1e223738f",
    "imageDigest": "sha256:c21af73da35d92a45bcf300627b6668e381754a7b830ab57577602703673311b",
    "build": "https://github.com/AndreNijman/rime-os/actions/runs/37746130812",
    "iso": null,
    "reissues": []
  },
  "highlights": [
    "install-rime-os-from-windows-beside-windows-with"
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "id": "install-rime-os-from-windows-beside-windows-with",
      "area": "system",
      "kind": "new",
      "title": "Install Rime OS from Windows, beside Windows, without a USB stick",
      "summary": "Rime OS can be installed from Windows without a USB stick: shrink C:, run the Rime installer for Windows, pick the space and restart. Rime gets its own boot partition, and Windows is left as it was.",
      "source": [
        "https://github.com/AndreNijman/rime-os/pull/97"
      ],
      "breaking": false
    }
  ],
  "knownIssues": [],
  "rollback": null,
  "maintenance": false
}