About fizzyblue

fizzyblue is a Linux image created by me based on Fedora Silverblue, focused on gaming and software development. It was created so that I could have a polished vanilla GNOME experience across all my devices. fizzyblue is developed as a container image through the use of bootc. The name fizzyblue is a portmandeau of my username and “Silverblue”.

Features

• Near-vanilla GNOME experience; minor changes to the default appearance, shortcuts and a few default app substitutions.
  • Firefox (as a flatpak) instead of GNOME Web
  • Bazaar instead of GNOME Software
  • Resources instead of GNOME System Monitor
• Built on the latest release of Fedora.
• Flatpaks are provided through Flathub. Fedora Flatpaks are specifically not included out of the box, due to their poor usability.
• Homebrew pre-installed and automatically updating.
• Visual Studio Code pre-installed. fish and starship included for a better CLI.
• Docker and Podman are both available in the image.
• Steam and Lutris preinstalled for easy access to games, without dealing with Flatpak limitations.
• Additional gaming tools included, such as gamescope, MangoHUD, ProtonPlus and more.
• Fix for the legacy rechunker used by uBlue images for seamless rebasing.

Scope

fizzyblue is designed for my personal use, and isn’t intended to be used by a wide audience. But if the changes I’ve made to it are compelling to you, you’re welcome to install it for yourself. For newer Linux users, I would recommend Bazzite or Bluefin as they have much larger maintainence teams and communities behind them. For advanced users, I would recommend building your own image, either with Universal Blue’s Image Template, or with BlueBuild.

For up to date information, and installation instructions, checkout fizzyblue on Github!