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About Us What is cloud-native? What is cloud-native?
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ABOUT USABOUT US

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The Universal Blue project builds a diverse set of continuously delivered
operating system images using Fedora Atomic Desktop's support for OCI/Docker
containers. That's nerdspeak for the ultimate Linux client: the reliability of a
Chromebook, but with the flexibility and power of a traditional Linux desktop.

These images represent what's possible when a community focuses on sharing best
practices via automation and collaboration. One common language between dev and
ops, and it's finally come to the desktop.

We also provide tools for users to build their own image using our templates and
processes, which can be used to ship custom configurations to all of your
machines, or finally make the Linux distribution you've long wished for, but
never had the tools to create.

At long last, we've ascended.

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OUR IMAGESOUR IMAGES

Aurora is a clean and reliable desktop operating system for every type of user.
Many batteries included.


SIMPLY DELIGHTFUL.

Aurora features a lightly customized KDE Plasma 6 desktop experience that can be
customized indefinitely. Super smooth and delightful.


ZERO MAINTENANCE

Install the system once and forget about maintenance. Updates are automatic.
Upgrade your system in one-click, including all your apps.
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The next generation of Linux Gaming for all of your devices - including your
favorite handheld.


PLAY YOUR FAVORITES

Bazzite comes ready to rock with Steam and Lutris pre-installed, Steam Game
Mode, HDR support for AMD GPUs, and numerous community-developed tools for your
gaming needs.


EXPANDED HARDWARE SUPPORT

Support for handhelds PCs, Nvidia drivers and the latest Mesa for AMD & Intel
pre-installed, and numerous tweaks applied as needed to ensure your games just
work.
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The next generation Linux workstation, designed for reliability, performance,
and sustainability.


FOR YOU

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.


FOR DEVELOPERS

Container focused workflows to get you started depending on where you're coming
from, or bring your own. Wield the industry's leading tools at your fingertips.
Visit Website


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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.


SERVER-GRADE

Ready for running containerized workloads on either bare metal or virtual
machines, with tools like wireguard, firewalld, cockpit, tailscale, ZFS support,
and more.


COMPUTE-READY

Optional support for Nvidia hardware, including containerized CUDA workloads.
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BASE IMAGES

Universal Blue maintains a set of base images built from Fedora Atomic Desktops
and then enhanced with additional hardware support and fixes. Note that these
images are lightweight by design, and do not ship with many of the enhancements
of our other images.

Universal Blue images are endlessly customizable and may be derived into new
images through the use of a Containerfile and our GitHub build actions. We look
forward to seeing what you create from them!
Create a custom image
Direct usage Instructions View all images on GitHub.

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ADVANTAGES OVER TRADITIONAL LINUX DESKTOPSADVANTAGES OVER TRADITIONAL LINUX
DESKTOPS

 * Reliable, atomic updates with built in rollback
   * Built using OSTree-enabled OCI compliant images
   * Hosted on ghcr.io
     * Ninety (90) days of image archives allowing for flexible rollback options
     * Globally distributed via CDN for fast image downloads
     * Images signed with industry standard sigstore tools
 * Known-good State and Fewer Failures
   * Installation designed to last for the life of the hardware with minimal
     maintenance
   * Significantly reduced configuration drift
   * Kernel mods preinstalled on the image - including Nvidia drivers
 * Community Maintained
   * The project is maintained by a community of cloud-native contributors with
     an explicit mission
 * Unbridled customization
   * Craft your perfect image from scratch or derive from others
 * Clean separation of the base system from applications and your data
 * Rebase back to Fedora without reinstallation
   * Not a new distribution, an atomic layer of customization on Fedora that can
     be removed

View Project Goals

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COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

Whether you want async discussion, live support, or to learn about the project,
we are here for you!

DISCOURSE

MASTODON

DISCORD

ANSWER OVERFLOW

> When I experimented with Universal Blue over the weekend, I was reminded of
> just how cool the Linux operating system is. All of a sudden, I felt like I
> was back in the late 90s or early 2000s and was seeing the future of operating
> systems before my eyes.

JACK WALLEN ZDNET

> The team behind Bluefin has taken care to make the project lightweight from a
> contribution perspective, fully automating much of the maintenance work, thus
> allowing developers to focus on innovation rather than upkeep.

STEVEN J. VAUGHAN-NICHOLS THE NEW STACK

> I’ve seen what the future of operating systems at scale could be, and it
> starts with Project Bluefin.

SCOTT MCCARTY RHEL SERVER SENIOR PRINCIPAL PRODUCT MANAGER, FOR INFOWORLD

> When I experimented with Universal Blue over the weekend, I was reminded of
> just how cool the Linux operating system is. All of a sudden, I felt like I
> was back in the late 90s or early 2000s and was seeing the future of operating
> systems before my eyes.

JACK WALLEN ZDNET

> The team behind Bluefin has taken care to make the project lightweight from a
> contribution perspective, fully automating much of the maintenance work, thus
> allowing developers to focus on innovation rather than upkeep.

STEVEN J. VAUGHAN-NICHOLS THE NEW STACK

> I’ve seen what the future of operating systems at scale could be, and it
> starts with Project Bluefin.

SCOTT MCCARTY RHEL SERVER SENIOR PRINCIPAL PRODUCT MANAGER, FOR INFOWORLD

> When I experimented with Universal Blue over the weekend, I was reminded of
> just how cool the Linux operating system is. All of a sudden, I felt like I
> was back in the late 90s or early 2000s and was seeing the future of operating
> systems before my eyes.

JACK WALLEN ZDNET

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UNIVERSAL BLUE IS MADE UP OF ALUMNI FROM COMPANIES LIKE:



AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE YOU!
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN, ALL SKILL LEVELS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE
ARE WELCOME.

Universal Blue is not affiliated or endorsed by any of the above companies.

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CLOUD NATIVECLOUD NATIVE

All of Universal Blue rests on the idea of cloud-native. We leverage standard
cloud tools like the OCI standard images, Docker/Podman, and GitHub to build our
images. This is a much lighter and faster way of building and deploying Linux
environments to users that allows professionals in the industry to leverage
their pre-existing knowledge to create a better desktop Linux experience for
everyone.

We feel that a dedicated group of enthusiasts can automate a large amount of
toil that plagues existing Linux desktops today. This is achieved by reusing
cloud technologies as a delivery mechanism to deliver a more reliable
experience.

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NEWSNEWS

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METRICSMETRICS

It's important for users to have insight on the health of the projects they
depend on. Below you'll find a detailed summary of pulls and contributions
across the Universal Blue organization.


PULLS

Total End-user images
silverblue-mainsilverblue-nvidiabazzite-deckkinoite-nvidiabazziteakmodskinoite-mainbazzite-nvidiavauxite-nvidiabase-nvidiaakmods-nvidialxqt-nvidiamate-nvidiaucorebluefin-dxbluefinbazzite-deck-gnomesericea-nvidiabase-mainucore-hcibazzite-gnomevauxite-mainsilverblue-asus-nvidiabazzite-gnome-nvidiabluefin-dx-nvidiasilverblue-surface-nvidiabazzite-allyblingbluefin-cliconfigsericea-mainsilverblue-surfacesilverblue-asusmate-mainkinoite-asus-nvidiabluefin-nvidialxqt-mainsericea-asus-nvidiabase-asus-nvidiabazzite-archubuntumate-asus-nvidiavauxite-asus-nvidiakinoite-surface-nvidiaaurora-dxfedora-coreoslxqt-asus-nvidiavauxite-surface-nvidiakinoite-asusbase-surface-nvidiamate-surface-nvidiasericea-surface-nvidiaonyx-nvidiaucore-kmodsbazzite-asus-nvidiakinoite-surfacecinnamon-mainonyx-asus-nvidialxqt-surface-nvidiabeyondbazzite-ally-gnomeboxkitonyx-mainmatelxqtcinnamon-nvidiaucore-minimalbeyond-nvidiaonyx-surface-nvidiaaurora-dx-nvidiaauroralxqt-nokmodsfedora-distroboxkinoite-nokmodssilverblue-nokmodsbase-nokmodsmate-nokmodsbazzite-asuslazurite-mainbluefin-dx-asus-nvidiabluefin-dx-asusbluefin-dx-surfacevauxite-nokmodsdeepin-nvidiabluefin-asusdeepin-mainbluefin-surfacebazzite-gnome-asus-nvidiabazzite-gnome-asusublue-updatebase-asusvauxite-surfaceakmods-extrabluefin-dx-surface-nvidiasericea-asusbluefin-asus-nvidiabazzite-surfacebluefin-surface-nvidiafedora-coreos-zfsbazzite-gnome-surfacesericea-surfacebase-surfacelazurite-nvidiavauxite-asusisogeneratormate-asusbazzite-surface-nvidiakera-nvidiakerasericea-nokmodsmate-surfacearch-distroboxlxqt-surfacelxqt-asusbazzite-gnome-surface-nvidiacinnamon-asus-nvidiacinnamon-surfacecinnamon-asuscinnamon-surface-nvidiaubuntu-toolboxcosmic-baseobs-studio-portableendlish-oesque-nvidialazurite-asus-nvidiaonyx-asusendlish-oesquebazzite-arch-gnomeakmods-zfssurface-kernelonyx-surfacecosmic-silverblueaurora-nvidiafedora-toolboxfsync-kernelarch-distrobox-amdgpupromain-kernelcosmic-kinoiteasus-kerneldeepin-asus-nvidialazurite-surface-nvidiadeepin-surfacedeepin-asusdeepin-surface-nvidiacoreos-stable-kernelaurora-dx-asus-nvidiacosign-generate-keypairaurora-asuslazurite-asusaurora-asus-nvidiaaurora-surfacewolfi-toolboxaurora-dx-asuslazurite-surfaceaurora-dx-surfaceaurora-surface-nvidiaaurora-dx-surface-nvidiaakmods-nvtestwolfi-dx-toolboxvauxitecoreos-testing-kernelbazzite-budgiebazzite-budgie-asusbazzite-deck-budgiebazzite-budgie-surfacebazzite-ally-budgiebazzite-budgie-asus-nvidiabazzite-budgie-surface-nvidiaakmods-nvtest-nvidiawolfi-basebazzite-budgie-nvidiabazzite-framegame-budgiebazzite-nokmodsbazzite-deck-gnome-nokmodsbazzite-gnome-nokmodsbazzite-deck-nokmodsextrasbling-testingbluefin-dx-cliakmods-nvtest-extrawolfi-sdkcosmic-base-nvidiaincus-distroboxbase-bootcpowershell-toolboxblincusui-distroboxdocker-distroboxcosmic-silverblue-nvidiacosmic-kinoite-nvidiapush-to-registry-action-cikinoite-asahikernel-signer-test-surfacekernel-signer-testsilverblue-asahi
This charts image pulls of Universal Blue images.
Pulls are not indicative of users, just successful image updates.


CONTRIBUTIONS

Packages
Bluefin
Bazzite
uCore
Main Repository
Service Units & Configuration Files
Akmods caching layer
Packages
Bluefin
Bazzite
uCore
Main Repository
Service Units & Configuration Files
Akmods caching layer
Packages
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Note: Image builds are automated, long periods of inactivity are normal.
Our thanks go out to Repobeats for their support.

Your community toolkit designed to reboot the Linux desktop. Built for the love
of the game. Welcome to indie Cloud Native.


DOCUMENTATION

 * Mission
 * Values
 * Membership
 * Code of Conduct
 * Contributing


SOCIAL MEDIA

 * Discourse
 * Mastodon
 * Youtube
 * Discord
 * Answer Overflow

© Universal Blue 2024
Universal Blue is not affiliated with Red Hat or the Fedora Project.
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