Une fois n'est pas coutume, voici un toot en français ! J'ai été interviewé par des membres de la communauté française Fedora et ils ont publié l'interview sur linuxfr.org. J'y parle notamment de Fedora, Atomic Desktops, CoreOS et KDE.
C'est donc en français et c'est disponible ici : https://linuxfr.org/news/20-ans-de-fedora-fr-quatrieme-entretien-avec-timothee-contributeur-des-systemes-immuables-et-kde
The wonderful folks from the french speaking Fedora community have just published an interview with yours truly where we talk about Fedora, Atomic Desktops, CoreOS and KDE.
It's in french and you can find it on linuxfr.org: https://linuxfr.org/news/20-ans-de-fedora-fr-quatrieme-entretien-avec-timothee-contributeur-des-systemes-immuables-et-kde
I've completely reworked how I build the sysexts for Fedora Atomic Desktops, Fedora CoreOS and other image based Fedora systems.
We now have a pretty website listing them: https://extensions.fcos.fr
This is still an unofficial/experimental project but it has been working well for me for a while now.
Next step: writing a manager for all those sysexts to make installing/removing and updating them easier.
I will be presenting at Flock to Fedora in Prague this June about the Fedora Atomic Desktops, the future plans and what would be needed before we can make them the default option.
If anyone is interested in sharing an hotel room with me to save on travel cost, feel free to reach out privately. I'll book the hotel soon.
The Fedora 42 Atomic Desktops are out! You can find all the details in the Fedora magazine article: https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-for-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-42/
We also have experimental bootable container images for Fedora Asahi Remix.
Global Shortcut, Triple Buffering, Adwaita Sans/Mono, Wellbeing, Decibels, and the list goes on...
In the meantime I'm considering moving to GNOME OS (but I need time to think about it), I just upgraded #Fedora Silverblue to 42, I was just waiting to use #GNOME 48 on my main PC.
Also with #HatsuneMiku as wallpaper.
#NixOS is interesting. Pretty reliable (not as much as #AtomicDesktops in my noob tests) while also performant
Note that such old hardware will have #microcode vulnerabilities and locking it down will further slow it down. At least thinking of #spectre or #meltdown (not sure if hyperthreading was even thought of back then)
For users who want to try #Linux, I recommend this: Do not listen to people who tell you to use #Ubuntu, #LinuxMint or other variants. They all use the same complex and often breaking mechanisms, and can cause a lot of hassle.
Instead, I recommend these systems:
- #Fedora #AtomicDesktops
- #UniversalBlue #Aurora #Bluefin #Bazzite
- #HeliumOS
Cool too: #SerpentOS, and I switched to #NixOS.
These systems are reliable like an Android phone, while offering you more freedom.
I just found a trick!
How to reinstall packages in #Fedora #Atomic desktop #downstream images like #uBlue (#Bazzite, #Bluefin, #Aurora, #uCore) or #Secureblue, that were removed in the image building process.
There is a bug in #rpmostree, that basically prevents you from reinstalling #Firefox if the builders decided to remove it.
https://github.com/boredsquirrel/Linux/tree/main/Fedora%20Atomic%20Desktops/install-removed-packages
Here is how you can keep your system updated while using a pinned #kernel version:
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/7113
Just not updating the entire system is not really a good option.
I need to try again but with my tests kernel 6.13.5 (with the supposed fix) did not fix the issue in #KDE #Okular #Flatpak
No idea if this is a different issue, doubt it kinda. Happens on 6.12.13 too, unlike the other apps
I'll be at FOSDEM this weekend! I'll be giving a talk with Allison on composefs and how it fits well for image based systems: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5191--signed-sealed-and-delivered-with-ukis-and-composefs/
Feel free to reach out if you want to meet and chat about Fedora CoreOS, Atomic Desktops, sysexts, KDE or Flatpaks. I'll likely hang around the image-based, container or Rust dev rooms.
#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2025 #Fedora #CoreOS #AtomicDesktops #KDE #Flatpak
I think a distro is only measured by
- how well do upgrades work
- does it auto-update well and reliably
- does it break after 2 years or so of intense use?
And #dnf #Fedora is pretty bad in all of these in my experience. Fedora atomic desktops are pretty great.
But only #ublue has good autoupdates. The "GUI stores should do the updates" ideology will likely stop automatic updates from working well for another few Fedora releases.
Fedora 41 has been released! 🎉 Here are the release notes for the Fedora 41 Atomic Desktops: https://tim.siosm.fr/blog/2024/10/30/fedora-atomic-desktops-41/
I'll also post it as a Fedora Magazine article later.
#Fedora #AtomicDesktops #Silverblue #Kinoite #SwayAtomic #BudgieAtomic
Bootable Containers are the future of Fedora Atomic Desktops and we presented that at @allsystemsgo.
Introduction by @cgwalters and Ben: https://media.ccc.de/v/all-systems-go-2024-266-bootc-generating-an-ecosystem-around-bootable-oci-containers
Then take a look at how we could use sysext's to improve the local layering story with @tormath1: https://media.ccc.de/v/all-systems-go-2024-313-waiter-an-os-please-with-some-sysext-sprinkled-on-top
And then finally dive into Trusted Boot with UKI and composefs with @jbtrystram: https://media.ccc.de/v/all-systems-go-2024-309-the-road-to-a-trusted-and-measured-boot-chain-in-bootable-containers
#Fedora #AtomicDesktops #FedoraAtomic #BootableContainers #ASG2024 #AllSystemGo #AllSystemsGo2024
Fedora 41 Beta has been released! 🎉
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-41-beta/
TL,DR: Hold on a bit before using bootupd on the Atomic Desktops and IoT.
We still have one major bug that will break systems upgrading from Fedora 40. The fix should land hopefully in tomorrow's update.
This only impacts updated systems and does not impact fresh Fedora 41 installations.
More details about bootupd support in: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraSilverblueBootupd
Manual action needed to resolve boot failure for Fedora Atomic Desktops and Fedora IoT.
Since the 39.20240617.0 and 40.20240617.0 updates for Atomic Desktops and the 40.20240617.0 update for IoT, systems with Secure Boot enabled may fail to boot if they have been installed before Fedora Linux 40.
#Fedora #AtomicDesktops #FedoraAtomicDesktops #Silverblue #Kinoite #SwayAtomic #BudgieAtomic #FedoraIoT #IoT
I'm at #DevConf_CZ ! Come find me around the Fedora booth if you want to talk about Fedora Atomic Desktops, Fedora CoreOS or Fedora Asahi Atomic. Or ping me on Matrix. #Fedora #CoreOS #AtomicDesktops
Just in time for the weekend, I've completed the initial work to create Live installation ISOs for Fedora Atomic Desktops!
This is using the Live ISO support in Kiwi.
#Kiwi #Fedora #FedoraAtomic #AtomicDesktops #FedoraKinoite #Kinoite
We're making progress on Fedora Atomic Desktops support for Fedora Asahi Remix!
Initial experimental images and instructions coming soon!
#Fedora #Asahi #FedoraAsahi #AsahiLinux #FedoraAtomic #AtomicDesktops
