Working Linux is a light-touch rebuild of Fedora Silverblue with the following goals:
- Building a Workstation image that closely tracks Fedora Workstation (for new users 😁)
- Building a Minimal image containing only essential applications (for power users 😎)
New users will see the real power of Silverblue's unique combination of flatpaks and rpm-ostree in delivering a capable replacement for Fedora Workstation, leveraging modern Flatpaks alongside mature RPMs. Power users can pick and choose what to layer on their own, without having unwanted applications in their base image.
Download the Workstation ISO from here.
If you have already installed Silverblue you can rebase to Working Linux - just open up a Terminal and run the following commands:
sudo ostree remote add --no-gpg-verify working-linux https://jamesbelchamber.github.io/working-linux
rpm-ostree rebase working-linux:working-linux/36/x86_64/workstationTo install the minimal image just change workstation to minimal in the rebase.
| Application | Minimal | Silverblue | Workstation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Fedora Desktop Backgrounds | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| GNOME Disks | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| GNOME Tour* | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| GNOME Help | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| GNOME Shell Extensions** | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| GNOME Photos | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Gnome Videos | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Document Scanner | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Rhythmbox | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cheese | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Problem Reporting | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| GNOME Boxes*** | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
* This is a weak dependency for GNOME Shell, which rpm-ostree cannot currently disable (tracked in this issue)
** Classic Session, Applications Menu, Background Logo, Launch new instance, Places Status Indicator, Window List and Common.
*** This brings in 197 packages (!) and is available as a Flatpak on Flathub.
Full list of packages added by Workstation (vs Silverblue)
LibRaw
SDL2
abrt-libs
augeas-libs
babl
baobab
brasero-libs
cheese
deltarpm
dleyna-connector-dbus
dleyna-core
dleyna-renderer
dleyna-server
dnf-data
flexiblas
flexiblas-netlib
flexiblas-openblas-openmp
frei0r-plugins
gavl
gegl04
gfbgraph
gnome-abrt
gnome-online-miners
gnome-photos
gnome-video-effects
gom
grilo
grilo-plugins
gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk
imath
jasper-libs
libcomps
libdazzle
libdecor
libdmapsharing
libgdither
libgfortran
libgpod
liboauth
libpeas
libpeas-gtk
libpeas-loader-python3
libquadmath
libreport
libreport-gtk
libreport-plugin-reportuploader
libreport-web
libtomcrypt
libtommath
media-player-info
openblas
openblas-openmp
openexr-libs
python3-beaker
python3-beautifulsoup4
python3-cffi
python3-crypto
python3-cryptography
python3-dnf
python3-gpg
python3-hawkey
python3-humanize
python3-libcomps
python3-libdnf
python3-libreport
python3-lxml
python3-mako
python3-markupsafe
python3-paste
python3-ply
python3-pyOpenSSL
python3-pycparser
python3-soupsieve
python3-tempita
python3-unbound
rhythmbox
rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit
satyr
sg3_utils-libs
simple-scan
suitesparse
tbb
totem
unbound-libs
xmlrpc-c
xmlrpc-c-client
Full list of packages removed by Minimal (vs Silverblue)
desktop-backgrounds-gnome
f36-backgrounds-base
f36-backgrounds-gnome
fedora-bookmarks
firefox
gnome-classic-session
gnome-disk-utility
gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu
gnome-shell-extension-background-logo
gnome-shell-extension-common
gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance
gnome-shell-extension-places-menu
gnome-shell-extension-window-list
yelp
yelp-libs
yelp-xsl
- For documentation, please refer to the official docs:
- For help, use the official channels:
- Fedora Discussion (#silverblue)
- Libera Chat (#silverblue)
- Matrix (#silverblue:fedoraproject.org)
- If you think there's an issue specific to Working Linux, reach out to me on Matrix (@jamesbelchamber:matrix.org)
Pull requests are welcome, but only in pursuit of the project goals:
- ✅ A change to the Workstation image to better align with Fedora Workstation
- ✅ A change to the Minimal image to remove unnecessary packages
- ❌ A change to the Workstation image that deviates from Fedora Workstation
- Raise the issue with the Fedora Workstation Working Group
- ❌ A change to the unique Silverblue components (e.g.
rpm-ostree)- Raise the issue with Team Silverblue