Been curious about what it's like to use Bluefin? Here's a quick tour of it, walking through some of the main changes we make to Silverblue! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_yyyUMecwo
For more stability, the Bluefin custom image defaults to GTS (grand touring support), meaning that we hang back one release of Fedora. It brings stability in general, but specifically to all the GNOME extensions we use.
I know Bluefin Linux is supposed to have the “reliability and ease of use of a Chromebook” but what happens if you actually install it on a Chromebook? 😁
Bazzite and Bluefin will now show a Message of the Day when you open the terminal! This is to share tips and tricks to get you more familiar with your system, especially if it's your first time using a uBlue or Fedora Atomic image.
Can be toggled off and on with ujust toggle-user-motd
Universal Blue is generally available today! We're out of beta and ready to showcase everything a Linux desktop can be. Our work has been to show how many problems in client Linux are already solved from the cloud native world. We hope you'll join us on this journey!
Bluefin is out of beta as well and ready for you to use! We merged Silverblue with all of the extra goodness you need for a no-fuss desktop experience.
All the codecs and drivers you need already baked in
Ubuntu-like philosophy behind UX design and feel
Grand Touring Support for the scenic route to the latest software
Atomic upgrades and rollbacks
It's the hotrodded Fedora install you always wanted. 😎
I always thought homebrew would be perfect for atomic Linux but ran into the same issues. Today, on Silverblue, I run Rust-based CLI apps installed with cargo and/or, less favourably, Go apps. I only use a container when I have to build something from source.
So, yeah, I’ll be keeping an eye on Bluefin. They seem to get it.
Homebrew is now installed for you with the latest images of Bluefin, Aurora, and Bazzite. We don't have to strongly recommend installing it anymore because it's right there!
Homebrew is a great package manager especially for CLI apps. Give it a whirl if you haven't already.
Big thank you to @dogphilosopher for an update to flatpaks on Bluefin. Now flatpaks can be preinstalled from the ISO rather than having to download them on first boot in order to provide the intended experience. That means @thunderbird on the dock by default!
Awesome step forward for us to be able to bring you intended apps by default without straying from @flathub
This release party we will be joined by our downstream friends from @UniversalBlue and @ultramarine! Contributors from each will be sharing updates from their projects. Happy to have them here as we try to be intentional with our downstreams. :)
Awesome news! Bluefin and Bazzite are now community supported Linux offerings for @frameworkcomputer laptops!
Congrats to @UniversalBlue for the achievement. 👏👏👏 We're glad to see that our work with Framework and in Fedora Atomic Desktops is enabling other communities to thrive!