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Summary#

Desktop#

GNOME desktop environment, Aurora variant (KDE), and terminal enhancements

Planned Work#

• revert: switch back to LogoMenu from Custom Command Menu by @​dylanmtaylor in #294
• feat: enable GNOME Calculator search provider by default by @​dylanmtaylor in #263
• fix(gschema): xdg-terminal-exec for terminal keyboard shortcuts by @​hanthor in #265
• feat(ublue-bling): clean up fish script by @​AlexNPavel in #291
• feat: use dynamic hostname in menu label by @​dylanmtaylor in #272
• feat: replace LogoMenu with Custom Command Menu extension by @​dylanmtaylor in #264

Opportunistic Work#

• fix: exclude gnome-software on all Fedora versions by @​dylanmtaylor in #4504
• chore: bump gsconnect from v67 to v71 by @​dylanmtaylor in #4414
• chore: bump gsconnect from v67 to v71 by @​dylanmtaylor in #4413
• fix: Change GNOME 50 COPR repository to jreilly1821/c10s-gnome-50 by @​hanthor in #1287
• fix(gnome49): exclude gdk-pixbuf2 from COPR and rebuild cache by @​ahmedadan in #1285
• feat: install lgda from GNOME 49/50 COPRs by @​hanthor in #1276
• feat(lazy-days): add lazy.jxl to bluefin-wallpapers-extra by @​castrojo in #86
• Add lazy days wallpaper by @​delphicmelody in #84
• feat: add Aurora Skywrecker wallpaper by @​inffy in #83
• feat(bluefin-extra): add leaf-collector, duality, and eyes wallpapers… by @​castrojo in #82
• Add duality super-ultrawide files by @​delphicmelody in #80
• Refine and correct Eyes wallpaper by @​delphicmelody in #79
• Rename Eyes wallpaper for consistency by @​delphicmelody in #78
• Add Eyes wallpaper by @​delphicmelody in #77
• fix: convert wallpapers to jxl to fix issues in wallpaper settings by @​NiHaiden in #76
• fix(wallpapers): add os stanza so brew bundle installs casks on linux by @​ahmedadan in #371
• fix(bluefin-wallpapers): fix disappearing wallpapers by @​castrojo in #351
• feat(bluefin-wallpapers-extra): update to 2026-04-13 by @​castrojo in #347
• feat(artwork): sync new Bluefin extra wallpapers + fix update-artwork… by @​castrojo in #753
• fix(artwork): add Delphic Melody co-author credit to Dr. Natalia wallpapers by @​castrojo in #734

Dakota (GNOME OS Prototype)#

• feat: add Bazaar Companion extension by @​coxde in #348
• Add nautilus python by @​jumpyvi in #336
• fix(keybindings): use xdg-terminal-exec instead of ptyxis by @​castrojo in #280
• fix(bashrc): add login_shell guard to profile.d sourcing by @​castrojo in #278
• fix(os-release): add VERSION_ID to fix ldconfig stamp mechanism by @​castrojo in #269
• fix: custom-command-menu shows Hello World on fresh install by @​castrojo in #268
• fix: remove gnome-system-monitor from image by @​dylanmtaylor in #222
• fix: remove yelp from image by @​dylanmtaylor in #223
• fix(common): map Bluefin icons to GNOME OS expected names by @​dylanmtaylor in #219
• fix(custom-command-menu): install gschema to system dir for override support by @​dylanmtaylor in #220
• chore: Update custom command menu references by @​dylanmtaylor in #218
• feat(packages): add xdg-terminal-exec by @​castrojo in #213
• feat(extensions): replace LogoMenu with Custom Command Menu by @​castrojo in #210
• feat(gnome): rebase gnome-build-meta junction to gnome-50 by @​castrojo in #199
• fix(ci): disable broken GNOME lorry-mirrors by @​dylanmtaylor in #190
• feat(ghostty): upgrade Ghostty to 1.3.1 and Zig to 0.15.2 by @​ahmedadan in #169

Development#

Development tools and IDE integrations

Planned Work#

Status: ChillOps

Opportunistic Work#

• Fix dockerd deps by @​jumpyvi in #305
• feat(lts-card): enrich DX/GDX packages from SBOM allPackages by @​castrojo in #760

Dakota (GNOME OS Prototype)#

• Update to the latest bst2 docker image by @​alatiera in #350

Homebrew#

New Applications#

The following applications were added to our Homebrew taps this month:

Application	Description	Status
asusctl-linux	ASUS laptop control CLI and immutable-friendly system daemon payload
fw-fanctrl-linux	Framework laptop fan controller daemon and CLI
rocm-smi-lib	AMD ROCm System Management Interface library (provides librocm_smi64.so)
rog-control-center-linux	ASUS ROG Control Center GUI and user daemon with XDG-first installation
visual-studio-code-linux@insiders	Open-source code editor (Insiders build)
zed-linux	High-performance, multiplayer code editor
zed-linux@preview	High-performance, multiplayer code editor (preview build)

Use ujust bbrew to browse and install these packages. Follow the tap instructions if you want to do it by hand.

Package Updates#

103 automated updates this month via GitHub Actions. Homebrew tap version bumps ensure Bluefin users always have access to the latest stable releases.

Quick Summary#

Ecosystem#

Homebrew packages, AI/ML tools (Bluespeed), and Flatpak applications

Planned Work#

• feat(bazaar): add SpeedOfSound to AI and Machine Learning section by @​repires in #286

Opportunistic Work#

• feat: move rog-gui to production by @​inffy in #378
• chore: move asusctl cask to production tap by @​inffy in #369
• set_permissions to make zpass.sh executable by @​hulet in #342
• feat: add visual-studio-code-linux@insiders cask by @​nklowns in #337
• Fix 1password browser integration https://github.com/ublue-os/homebrew-tap/issues/94 by @​RichardMartija in #296
• chore: move rog-gui to production by @​inffy in #348
• Add incompatibility with moby by @​jumpyvi in #319
• feat(zed): add zed-linux and zed-linux@preview casks by @​castrojo in #296
• Add rocm-smi-lib formula by @​hanthor in #326
• chore: remove asusctl cask by @​inffy in #333
• feat: add fw-fanctrl-linux cask by @​ahmedadan in #314
• fix: unblock craft-agents-linux upgrade process by @​KiKaraage in #259

Dakota (GNOME OS Prototype)#

• feat(distrobox): switch to next branch Go rewrite by @​castrojo in #234

System Services & Policies#

Systemd services and system-level policies

Planned Work#

• fix(custom-command-menu): add menu icon settings to dconf distro database by @​dylanmtaylor in #274
• feat(nvidia): add service to sync Flatpak driver version by @​ledif in #257

Opportunistic Work#

Dakota (GNOME OS Prototype)#

• Increace keepalive timeout by @​alatiera in #356
• fix(tailscale): provide defaults for tailscaled service by @​goozkan in #327
• fix(bluefin/network): disable binary stripping for text-only element by @​castrojo in #329
• fix(network): remove %{install-extra} from text-only element by @​castrojo in #328
• fix: ship resolv.conf symlink and /etc/hosts via network element by @​hanthor in #296
• feat(bluefin): add uupd auto-updater element by @​castrojo in #209
• tailscale: bump to 1.96.4 by @​hanthor in #175

Hardware#

Hardware support, drivers, NVIDIA GPU, and ARM64 architecture

Planned Work#

• Remove carriage returns in ublue-nvidia-flatpak-runtime-sync script that cause it to fail by @​akeeton in #279

Opportunistic Work#

• fix(cards): restore foil prevVersion and LTS HWE kernel carry-forward by @​castrojo in #761
• fix(ci): always re-fetch driver versions data on every build by @​castrojo in #701
• fix(driver-versions): make shimmer visible in light mode by @​castrojo in #700

Dakota (GNOME OS Prototype)#

• feat(nvidia): add bluefin-nvidia OCI variant by @​ahmedadan in #363
• fix(deps): restore fwupd dropped by Saturn merge by @​castrojo in #324
• fix(deps): add fwupd by @​castrojo in #279
• patches: remove OnePlus 6 panel backports by @​castrojo in #260
• feat(deps): add efibootmgr 18 by @​dylanmtaylor in #163

Infrastructure#

ISO images, upstream integration, build systems, and testing frameworks

Planned Work#

• chore: put the nvidia files to the image by @​inffy in #259

Opportunistic Work#

• fix(ci): make caching actually work by @​renner0e in #4440
• ci: replace extractions/setup-just with brew install by @​dylanmtaylor in #4418
• feat: replace cosign-attest SBOM with ORAS attach + actions/attest by @​castrojo in #1258
• cursor-linux: update sha256 for re-uploaded 3.2.11 build by @​ahmedadan in #336
• ci: add fw-fanctrl build workflow by @​ahmedadan in #311
• ci: rebuild site daily instead of weekly by @​castrojo in #770
• fix(ci): align SBOM cache save/restore paths by @​castrojo in #758
• fix(ci): restore artwork.json from checkout after data cache restore by @​castrojo in #751
• feat(sbom): add stable-daily GHCR stream to SBOM pipeline and changelogs by @​castrojo in #744
• fix(images): force per-product refresh on every build by @​castrojo in #726
• fix(reports): contributor pipeline correctness and workflow idempotency by @​castrojo in #722
• Upstream pr/batch remaining fixes by @​castrojo in #714
• fix(components,scripts,ci): p2 component and script fixes by @​castrojo in #713
• fix(ci,images,changelogs): least-privilege tokens, correct stream att… by @​castrojo in #710
• fix(firehose): always fetch fresh app data in CI by @​castrojo in #703
• ci(prerelease): publish release even when arm64 builds fail by @​castrojo in #47

Dakota (GNOME OS Prototype)#

• fix(deps): use codeberg closer-mop repo by @​AlexNPavel in #357
• workflows/track-bst-sources: Also update bst2 image by @​alatiera in #351
• Revert "chore(deps): update freedesktop-sdk junction" by @​alatiera in #349
• fix(custom-menu): set icon display mode and repin to post-v14 cleanup commit by @​castrojo in #345
• fix(ci): unblock bst2 CI and add pin consistency gate by @​castrojo in #337
• fix(ci): replace broken setup-just with taiki-e/install-action by @​castrojo in #335
• fix(storage): hide composefs loop from UDisks by @​goozkan in #330
• Update command-order to be 1-99 by @​StorageB in #332
• linux: enable IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES for tailscaled IPv6 routing by @​hanthor in #315
• fix(renovate): include sha256: prefix in chunkah currentDigest capture by @​castrojo in #323
• chore(renovate): add customManager for chunkah container image by @​castrojo in #322
• chore(coreutils): revert mv, cp, rm to gnu coreutils by @​ahmedadan in #316
• fix(ci): suppress phantom PRs when bst source track only normalizes r… by @​castrojo in #317
• fix(chunkify): remove --tag flag not supported by pinned chunkah by @​castrojo in #309
• fix(fakecap-restore): treat EPERM/ENOTSUP as skips, not errors by @​castrojo in #308
• fix(chunkify): add --tag so podman load outputs tagged ref by @​castrojo in #307
• feat(chunkify): rechunk OCI image into plain-zstd layers with automat… by @​castrojo in #305
• chore: bump uutils-coreutils to 0.8.0 and sudo-rs to v0.2.13 by @​castrojo in #282
• fix(ci): disable arm build until webkit is cached by @​castrojo in #297
• feat(saturn): add Saturn launcher with ECL, CL deps, ripgrep by @​castrojo in #295
• feat(ci): track package updates individually by @​castrojo in #283
• fix: inject IMAGE_VERSION into os-release at export time by @​castrojo in #273
• fix(os-release): inject VERSION_ID at export time, remove invalid BST… by @​castrojo in #271
• fix(os-release): add IMAGE_REF and image metadata to /usr/lib/os-release by @​castrojo in #266
• fix: remove ibus-libpinyin from build (broken at runtime, SIGILL in CI) by @​castrojo in #265
• oci: normalize /var layout with relative symlinks by @​castrojo in #263
• ci: increase build step timeouts from 300 to 420 minutes by @​castrojo in #262
• ci: disable remote-execution for aarch64 build by @​castrojo in #258
• feat: add aarch64 native build by @​hanthor in #248
• revert: "chunkify: enable in export and reduce max-layers to 120" by @​castrojo in #252
• chunkify: enable in export and reduce max-layers to 120 by @​hanthor in #246
• fix(bootc): revert composefs-rs cargo2 query.rev to abbreviated hash by @​castrojo in #236
• feat(deps): add bootc v1.15.1 local override with CI tracking by @​castrojo in #235
• chunkah: rechunk with user.component xattrs via extended fakecap by @​hanthor in #232
• ci: add nightly schedule at 13:00 UTC; drop redundant push trigger by @​castrojo in #227
• chore: bump common refs by @​dylanmtaylor in #221
• revert: "fix(chunkify): enable chunkify with updated settings" by @​castrojo in #217
• fix(chunkify): enable chunkify with updated settings by @​castrojo in #212
• Remove 1Password by @​dylanmtaylor in #206
• bluefin: Consolidate per-arch elements by @​alatiera in #101
• Revert "chore(deps): track core and junction sources" by @​alatiera in #147

Documentation#

Documentation improvements and additions

Planned Work#

Status: ChillOps

Opportunistic Work#

• docs: remove GTS badges from README by @​repires in #4474
• fix(readme): use picture element for dark/light mode card embed by @​castrojo in #4466
• chore: delete docs directory by @​hanthor in #1250
• blog: add video embed to Dakota Alpha 1 post by @​castrojo in #766
• Update 2026-04-19-dakota-alpha-1.md by @​castrojo in #764
• fix: use object-fit cover on playlist thumbnails to eliminate letterboxing by @​castrojo in #763
• feat(music): add Syrens of Metal playlist as first in Legendary Adventures by @​castrojo in #762
• fix(lts): parse new lts.YYYYMMDD release format by @​castrojo in #759
• fix(sbom): fix GHCR tag pagination regex — \b fails after closing quote by @​castrojo in #757
• fix(sbom): parse SPDX JSON format for LTS changelog card version chips by @​castrojo in #756
• fix(artwork): remove duplicate Duality (Ultrawide) entry by @​castrojo in #754
• feat(changelogs): rolling 12-month window for updates stream by @​castrojo in #750
• feat(changelogs): show all apps by default; click header to expand card by @​castrojo in #749
• feat(changelogs): collapse app cards by default in updates stream by @​castrojo in #748
• fix(embed): use picture element for dark/light mode card snippet by @​castrojo in #747
• fix(lint): remove unused chipName destructuring in loadStableDailyEve… by @​castrojo in #746
• fix(changelogs): SBOM null-fallback, GHCR tag enumeration, cache key … by @​castrojo in #743
• fix(sbom): SBOM-primary chips + resolve amd64 digest for oras discover by @​castrojo in #742
• feat(changelogs): add embeddable PNG cards with dark/light themes and… by @​castrojo in #741
• fix(images): make downloads optional to prevent crash when field abse… by @​castrojo in #740
• feat(changelogs,ui): SBOM-driven chips, Dakota placeholder, pipewire/… by @​castrojo in #739
• feat(changelogs,ui): SBOM-driven chips, Dakota placeholder, pipewire/… by @​castrojo in #738
• feat(changelogs): SBOM-driven OS card chips — Dakota placeholder + pi… by @​castrojo in #737
• feat(changelogs): unified OS releases stream with stable-daily, LTS, … by @​castrojo in #736
• bugfix(docs): preserve homepage hero aspect ratio by @​castrojo in #735
• fix(docs): replace hero PNGs with WebP, add trailingSlash, add perf t… by @​castrojo in #733
• Feature/artwork gallery page by @​castrojo in #732
• Feature/artwork gallery page by @​castrojo in #731
• feat(docs): add Artwork gallery page with wallpapers, lightbox, and a… by @​castrojo in #728
• fix(images): remove Metadata cache chip from images page by @​castrojo in #724
• feat: add link to upstream docs about MOK enrollment by @​sebjag in #720
• fix(reports): replace history query with GHA cache for new contributo… by @​castrojo in #723
• feat: quick update by @​castrojo in #719
• fix(eslint): remove unused FlatTimelineEvent import by @​castrojo in #717
• feat(changelogs): OS release card design polish by @​castrojo in #716
• feat(changelogs): add prominent OS release cards interleaved in timeline by @​castrojo in #715
• fix(sbom): enforce sbom-only version sources across docs site by @​castrojo in #712
• fix(sbom): enforce sbom-only version sources across docs surfaces by @​castrojo in #711
• fix(firehose): seed firehose-apps.json with empty data; atomic write … by @​castrojo in #709
• fix(audit): quick-win fixes from site-wide audit by @​castrojo in #708
• feat(changelogs): add Firehose page with per-release package diffs by @​castrojo in #707
• fix(changelogs): flatten firehose feed into per-release event stream … by @​castrojo in #706
• feat(changelogs): add hero section with dinosaur and Firehose title by @​castrojo in #704
• feat(changelogs): port Bluefin Firehose to /changelogs page by @​castrojo in #702
• fix: remove a bunch of dead code by @​castrojo in #699

Dakota (GNOME OS Prototype)#

• docs: add ISO archive table and automation workflow by @​castrojo in #253

Tech Debt#

Maintenance work and feature parity between variants

Status: ChillOps

Automation#

CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and automated dependency updates

Planned Work#

• chore(ci): enable renovate for git-submodules by @​renner0e in #295

Opportunistic Work#

• fix: disable automerge for projectbluefin/common container updates by @​castrojo in #4481
• ci: replace wretry.action with nick-fields/retry (Node 24) by @​dylanmtaylor in #4408
• feat(ci): make betas run daily by @​castrojo in #4388
• Feature/fix generate release trigger by @​castrojo in #1301

Localization#

Translation and internationalization work

Status: ChillOps

Bot Activity#

Automation Percentage: 62.3% (308 bot PRs out of 494 total PRs)

Build Health#

Raptor Race#

Keep Bluefin healthy with green builds. Wranglers apply within!

Image	Success Rate	Successes	Failures	Monthly Change
bluefin:stable	91.3%	211	20
bluefin:latest	89.8%	203	23
bluefin:lts	93.1%	188	14
bluefin:lts-hwe	94.1%	190	12
bluefin-dx:lts	93.1%	188	14
bluefin-gdx:lts	90%	181	20
bluefin-dx:lts-hwe	93.5%	188	13

This Month's Highlights#

Contributors#

New Lights#

We welcome our newest Guardians to the project.

"I do not know what the future holds. But I know this: with you at our side, there is nothing we cannot face."
—Commander Zavala

Wayfinders#

"Define yourself by your actions."
—Lord Saladin

Want to see the latest OS releases? Check out the Changelogs. For announcements and deep dives, read our Blog.

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