#BlendOS

Battle of the immutable operating systems: choose your fighter!

Opensuse MicroOS/Aeon/Kalpa
Fedora CoreOS/Silverblue/Bazzite/Aurora/Bluefin
VanillaOS
BlendOS
NixOS
Guix
MocaccinoOS
Nitrux
Im sure I missed some

#NixOS #guix #VanillaOS #BlendOS #MocaccinoOS #nitrux #bazzite #opensuse #immutable

Used a Steamdeck, without having a Steamdeck 😜

Spend some time today updating and running BlendOS, an immutable Arch distro.

You start out with Gnome, but of course I made my own system.yaml file, running KDE 6.4.3 into which you swap by rebooting.

Very nice, rock solid (just like the Steamdeck) and Arch btw 😎

#blendos

2025-06-27

So I'm kinda liking the idea of a #Declarative OS - that is, one where I can edit a config file (or whatever) to indicate the basic system setup, apps, gsettings (since I'm a Gnomie) and so on. Then hit "Update" or "Deploy" or whatever, reboot, and there's the system, as specified.

THEN... I can take that file over to another computer and BOOM, same setup, same apps, same basic desktop setup, etc.

#BlendOS does this with an easily editable yaml file. #NixOS does this with a .nix file that is significantly more complicated, but also more powerful.

Anyone know any other OSes like that?

2025-01-16

For those coming from #Windows, I'd recommend either #KDEPlasma or the #Deepin desktop. The one caveat to using #blendOS is that I wouldn't recommend it for users with very little computer skills. If you know your way around Windows well enough (as in, you've used it for a long time and are comfortable with most aspects of the OS), you shouldn't have much trouble with blendOS. The only thing you won't find out-of-the-box is Wine (for Windows apps) or Steam (for games), but you can install both!

2025-01-16

You can also enable #Android app support as well as #dnf (the Fedora package manager) support from within the System app. Because #blendOS is immutable, the chances of you wrecking the OS are slim. Additionally, you can select a version with #GNOME, #KDEPlasma, #Xfce, #Cinnamon, #Deepin, #MATE, or #LXQt.

2025-01-16

#blendOS
"Slightly #Windows11-like but also immutable"

blendOS might not be on your radar, but it should be. Not only does this #Linux distribution bear a slight resemblance to #Windows11, but it's also immutable (meaning it's very secure) and includes several options for installing apps. You'll find #pacman, apt, #Flatpak, #Podman, and even #blendOS's own unique "blend" tool.

2025-01-16

The 4 Most Windows-like #Linux Distributions to Try

zdnet.com/article/the-4-most-w

#KDENeon
#LinuxMint
#ZorinOS
#blendOS

#Windows10 end of life is coming in #2025 and that means you have to hope your machine can run #Windows11, buy a new computer, or try something different -- like Linux.

Linux shouldn't be considered a last-choice alternative, either, because it's every bit equal to Windows or #MacOS. It's reliable, secure, user-friendly, and free. What more do you want?

Filip 🌱 🦀hhg@infosec.exchange
2024-08-09

I dread leaving #NixOS so badly… an immutable, declarative system really spoiled other experiences for me. I do hope something like #BlendOS will be close enough and have better “leadership” (for lack o a better word, not sure if this is the proper one).

Worst case, I can always fallback on #Arch with shell scripts but that feels even worse

Till Kamppetertill@ubuntu.social
2024-08-05

The schedules for the second #OpportunityOpenSource in the IIT Kanpur in India onn August 24-26 are ready!

3 rooms (2 talks/panels, 1 workshops) are packed with 50 amazing sessions!

There are:
- #OpenPrinting, with Michael Sweet, author of #CUPS
- #Zephyr
- #Snap, incl. workshop
- Hands-on with #firmware programming
- #BlendOS
- Workshop to make your own #Ubuntu flavor
- #OSSfuzz testing
- Population AI
- GSoC panel
- "Work at #Canonical" panel
- a lot more ...

events.canonical.com/event/89/

2024-08-02

There you have it. I have made a simple starter kit to launch Hyprland, KDE or nwg-shell on the base of BlendOS. Read on up and deploy 🤓

codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/blen

#sway #swaywm #Hyprland #blendos #nwgshell

2024-07-30

What a journey, after almost whole life spent with #Debian (started with Potato) I had recently about year of experiments with atomic desktops (#Fedora #silverblue, #OpenSUSE #microos, #blendos, own setup of #alpinelinux with btrfs) I end up with having #nixos on my desktop. The learning curve will be maybe little bit steep, but challenge accepted. PS: special kudos to #redhat 5.x, this beast have taken me to #Linux path in mid late 90s

Cocaine Owlbears20@easymode.im
2024-07-28

I made a repo for my custom #blendOS Tracks! All tested and working. I was a little confused that you seem to need to enable your additional #Arch repos (Chaotic-aur, multilib, etc) on the Tracks that use them, instead of a parent Track. It makes sense when I think about it, though.

I need to make some fixes based on what I've learned (only my local system.yaml needs the extra repositories enabled, for instance), but they work.

If anyone else is using blendOS and they want to take a look at my ham-fisted repo, I'm happy to share a link.

2024-07-24

I forgot to post this earlier 😭 so here it is.

I wrote a personal article on the @blendOS blog about the history of our website and to answer the question of "why Material for MkDocs?":

blendos.co/blog/2024/07/16/mak

P.S. This also coincided with our Google Translate beta rollout for the website.

#linux #foss #blog #blendos #website

2024-07-22

BlendOS is a very good implementation of a declarative and atomic distro. I've used basically all others out there. And build my own BlueBuild spin. Still some rough edges, but that's to be expected for now. Not for beginners, it helps to already know your way around. A fundamental issue with all atomics: atm they are made for and used by devs (or at least tech savvy people). Let's see if they can cross that bridge into real userspace when they get there. Enjoying it anyway!
#blendOS

fuuma(Moving to new htown)fuuma@hackers.town
2024-07-08

So I've tested Guix, NixOS, Universal Blue/Fedora CoreOS, OpenSuSE MicroOS, Nitrux, RLXOs, Moccachino Desktop, VanillaOS, blendOS in regards to immutable desktops. I happen to quite like the vast majority of them.

However, in regards to Flatpak centered ones(Fedora CoreOS and MicroOS come mostly to mind), I find them to be a bit too limiting in regards to both available packages and configuring services except the ones they provide you.

So for instance, if you want to host a #gemini service with those, you'd have to use #podman or #docker. There's nothing with either of those, but in comparison to something like #nixos or #guix, again, I find it to be quite limiting.

I find #blendos really getting somewhere with it's approach to declarative systems. I was able to use #tailscale with it quite easily without fooling around with unsupported methods!

Also, a shoutout to the #systemcrafters community which is orientated toward #guix and #emacs, they're all so awesome!

Anyways, this post didn't really have a point, but yeah, hope everyone is having a decent Monday!

Fedora Projectfedora@fosstodon.org
2024-06-12

Also, say hi to @blendOS, "Arch Linux made Declarative, Immutable and Atomic."

Loving the development in this space and the fact that so many atomic Linux projects are active on Mastodon!

#BlendOS #Linux #OpenSource

2024-06-09

#BlendOS is #ArchLinux made #Declarative, #Immutable and #Atomic. With #Android app support and #Fedora, #Debian, #CentOS Stream and #Ubuntu containers available, as well as system packages/DEs/kernels from Arch Linux and the #AUR.

On the fediverse at @blendOS

0n the web at blendos.co/

Unlike #NixOS, YAML is the primary config language.

More discussion on Lemmy: infosec.pub/post/13393420

2024-06-07

🐧 Immutable Distro blendOS 4 Officially Released, Now Fully Declarative | @9to5linux

「 the new release makes the Arch Linux-based distro fully declarative. This means that users can now install any packages, kernels, or drivers from both Arch Linux’s repositories and AUR (Arch User Repository) while using pre-configured desktop environments 」

9to5linux.com/immutable-distro

#blendOS #Inmutable #Declarative #Arch #Linux #Distro #Opensource

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