The general FAQ on the website covers some of the most common questions. This section containers more specific questions:

What about codecs?

Everything you need is included.

How is this different from Fedora Silverblue?

Other than the visual differences, and codecs, there are some other key differences between Bluefin and Fedora Silverblue from a usage perspective:

  • Bluefin takes a greenfield approach to Linux applications by defaulting to Flathub and brew by default
  • Bluefin doesn’t recommend using Toolbx - it instead focuses on devcontainers for declarative containerized development.
  • Bluefin tries to remove the need for the user to use rpm-ostree or bootc directly
  • Bluefin focuses on automation of OS services and upgrades instead of user interaction

How do I get my GNOME back to normal Fedora defaults?

You can turn off the Dash to Dock and appindicator extensions to get a more stock Fedora experience by following these instructions.

We set the default dconf keys in /etc/dconf/db/local, removing those keys and updating the database will take you back to the fedora default:

sudo rm -f /etc/dconf/db/local.d/01-ublue
sudo dconf update

Starship is not for me, how do I disable it?

You can remove or comment the line below in /etc/bashrc to restore the default prompt.

eval "$(starship init bash)"

Should I trust you?

This is all hosted, built, signed, and pushed on GitHub. As far as if I’m a trustable fellow, here’s my bio. If you’ve made it this far, then welcome to the future! :smile: