One base, every desktop
Each Albacore flavor ships a different desktop on the same AlmaLinux 10 foundation.
GNOME
The polished default — latest GNOME, backported to Enterprise Linux.
:gnomeKDE Plasma
Endlessly customizable, feature-rich Plasma desktop.
:kdeCOSMIC
System76's Rust-built next-gen desktop.
:cosmicNiri
A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor for keyboard-driven flow.
:niriSee the desktops
Real screenshots, captured automatically each week by booting every desktop in a VM.
Why Albacore
Atomic & rollback-safe
Built on bootc: image-based updates that apply in one transaction and roll back just as cleanly.
Homebrew baked in
Thousands of CLI tools and fonts a `brew install` away — no layering, no rebuilds.
Flathub by default
Full Flathub access out of the box. Install any Flatpak on the net, instantly.
Hardware Enablement
An -hwe kernel stack for newer laptops and desktops, layered on the same userspace.
NVIDIA + CUDA option
A dedicated -nvidia flavor ships the proprietary driver and CUDA for gaming and AI workloads.
Enterprise stability
AlmaLinux 10 is a 1:1 RHEL-compatible base with a 10-year lifecycle — boring in the best way.
Images & flavors
Pull any flavor directly, or grab a live ISO where one's published.
ghcr.io/tuna-os/albacore:gnomeghcr.io/tuna-os/albacore:gnome-hweghcr.io/tuna-os/albacore:kdeghcr.io/tuna-os/albacore:cosmicghcr.io/tuna-os/albacore:nirighcr.io/tuna-os/albacore:gnome-nvidiasudo bootc switch ghcr.io/tuna-os/albacore:gnomePrefer a different cadence?
Same desktops, same tooling — pick the base that fits you.
Dive into Albacore
Grab a live ISO, or rebase an existing bootc system in one command.