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RakuOS is a hybrid immutable/standard Linux distro
With RakuOS you get the best of both worlds with security and usability.
RakuOS can be downloaded and installed for free.
Immutable Linux is about as secure as an OS can get. By mounting certain directories as read-only, malicious code or bad actors cannot affect the data within. I could seriously place my full faith in immutable Linux and not worry about a thing.
Until I wanted to install an application using the distribution's built-in package manager.
With immutable Linux distributions, software is typically installed via containers, such as Flatpak or Snap. Installation of apps is done this way because of the read-only nature of certain directories. Because of that, standard package managers cannot install the necessary files, so using the likes of apt, dnf, or pacman is a no-go.
Also: What is immutable Linux? Here's why you'd run an immutable Linux distro
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