From bb04a71b5913656d8f16135769a8f747d952072e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Gray Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:42:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Discuss other variants Fedora immutable desktops (#2350) Signed-off-by: Jonah Aragon --- docs/desktop.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/desktop.md b/docs/desktop.md index 6142d3d3..e7a51c22 100644 --- a/docs/desktop.md +++ b/docs/desktop.md @@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ A large portion of [Arch Linux’s packages](https://reproducible.archlinux.org) ![Fedora Silverblue logo](assets/img/linux-desktop/fedora-silverblue.svg){ align=right } - **Fedora Silverblue** and **Fedora Kinoite** are immutable variants of Fedora with a strong focus on container workflows. Silverblue comes with the [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org/) desktop environment while Kinoite comes with [KDE](https://kde.org/). Silverblue and Kinoite follow the same release schedule as Fedora Workstation, benefiting from the same fast updates and staying very close to upstream. + **Fedora Silverblue** is an immutable variant of Fedora with a strong focus on container workflows and the [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org/) desktop environment. If you prefer an environment other than GNOME, there are also other variants including [Kinoite](https://fedoraproject.org/kinoite/) (which comes with [KDE](https://kde.org/)) and [Sericea](https://fedoraproject.org/sericea/) (which comes with [Sway](https://swaywm.org/), a [Wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org)-only tiling window manager). We don't recommend [Onyx](https://fedoraproject.org/onyx/) at this time as it still [requires X11](https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/wayland). All of these variants follow the same release schedule as Fedora Workstation, benefiting from the same fast updates and staying very close to upstream. [:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://fedoraproject.org/silverblue/){ .md-button .md-button--primary } [:octicons-info-16:](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/){ .card-link title=Documentation} [:octicons-heart-16:](https://whatcanidoforfedora.org/){ .card-link title=Contribute } -Silverblue (and Kinoite) differ from Fedora Workstation as they replace the [DNF](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf/) package manager with a much more advanced alternative called [`rpm-ostree`](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/system-administrators-guide/package-management/rpm-ostree/). The `rpm-ostree` package manager works by downloading a base image for the system, then overlaying packages over it in a [git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git)-like commit tree. When the system is updated, a new base image is downloaded and the overlays will be applied to that new image. +Silverblue and its variants differ from Fedora Workstation as they replace the [DNF](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf/) package manager with a much more advanced alternative called [`rpm-ostree`](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/system-administrators-guide/package-management/rpm-ostree/). The `rpm-ostree` package manager works by downloading a base image for the system, then overlaying packages over it in a [git](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git)-like commit tree. When the system is updated, a new base image is downloaded and the overlays will be applied to that new image. After the update is complete you will reboot the system into the new deployment. `rpm-ostree` keeps two deployments of the system so that you can easily rollback if something breaks in the new deployment. There is also the option to pin more deployments as needed.