Think Silverblue, but with cloud-native tooling used to build it. From Aurora to Bazzite, our impressions of the ambitious Universal Blue project.

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• Universal Blue — The Universal Blue project builds a diverse set of continuously delivered operating system images using Fedora Atomic Desktop's support for OCI/Docker containers.
• Universal Blue Architecture Diagram
• Aurora — Aurora is a clean and reliable desktop operating system for every type of user. Many batteries included.
• Bluefin — Bluefin is a custom image of Fedora Silverblue offering the best of both worlds: The reliability and ease of use of a Chromebook and the power of a GNOME desktop.
• Bazzite — The next generation of Linux Gaming for all of your devices - including your favorite handheld.
• uCore — An OCI base image of Fedora CoreOS with batteries included; a lightweight server image including most used services or the building blocks to host them.
• Bazzite Desktop Environment Tweaks - Bazzite - Docs - Universal Blue
• Installing and Managing AppImages on Bazzite - Bazzite - Docs - Universal Blue
• Universal Blue Contributing Guide
• Jazz up your Bluefin command line with some bling! [YouTube]
• Jorge Castro on YouTube
• Membership Summer Discount — Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime!
• zap.store — a permissionless app store.
• Asking AI To Make A Caveman Rock Song - Me Like Rock
• winapps — Run Windows applications (including Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud) on GNU/Linux with KDE, GNOME or XFCE, integrated seamlessly as if they were native to the OS.
• The Mooltipass Hardware Authenticator — A Simple Hardware Authenticator
• ptyxis — Ptyxis is a terminal for GNOME with first-class support for containers.
• Gearlever — Manage AppImages with ease 📦