GnomeOS running Gnome 3.38 on hardware!

Just a quick intro video on this GnomeOS project and what's new in Gnome 3.38, as well as a bit of a gameplay demo. Yep, it plays Steam!
Where to get the GnomeOS ISO : gnome-build-meta.s3.amazonaws...
Jason Evangelho's video on GnomeOS : • Wait, there's a GNOME ...
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[@Codename1Alice8]

I thought always, that fedora is the really gnome os. 😂😂😂

[@davidnotonstinnett]

@Domagoj Recc it’s for testing the newest gnome software. You aren’t really supposed to run it on hardware. It doesn’t even have a package manager.

[@PaperBenni]

Gnome: This is not a distro and should not be run on real hardware People: I'm gonna put this distro on real hardware

[@Doriandotslash]

truth

[@shorthornstudios]

Three uploads in one week! I missed all 3 of them at release here too, only finding out on Twitter today (blame youtube). While I like Gnome, I always found Budgie nicer to me, and more usable for me. Anyway, from where I am in the video, seems quite good.

[@Flash136]

Cool distro! But if I remember correctly, they intend it more as a Gnome demo, than an actual operating system. So people shouldn't really be using it as their main OS. Something like Fedora Silverblue will probably work better for people wanting this kind of a system

[@Doriandotslash]

Absolutely true. But it does still run just like a distro! Cool to play with

[@NanescuRadu1]

@@Doriandotslash its exactly like the kde neon variant witch is a play test distribution for kde development and testing not in the sense that its based on the same distribution ... gnome looks like it's scratch but in the sense of beta testing things and letting developers catch and test widgets and apps and update them accordingly for the new version

[@sangramjitchakraborty7845]

@@NanescuRadu1 there's no package management in Gnome OS as far as I know. So the only way to get software would be to compile from source. It's really not intended to be a full OS like KDE Neon.

[@OlivePigeon609]

Linux without a package manager is like hand without fingers or a motherboard without a cpu.

[@turtlewax3849]

I really like the update is a complete image. I also like how your app icons can be arranged in groups, like a tablet or phone. Could this be a future Linux phone OS that is not android?

[@Doriandotslash]

Fedora Silverblue also updates in a similar way. Check out my Silverblue videos!

[@turtlewax3849]

@@Doriandotslash Thanks Dorian! I will watch your Fedora Silverblue vid immediately! Again, thank you for taking your time to help others make a well informed choice on an OS.

[@joesalyers]

I ran it on parallels on mac but I had to choose to boot the iso as a cd/dvd the one cool thing I found is that the terminal monitor TOP has been revamped. I'm not sure if this was Gnome's doing or someone else but top is now very similar to htop or btm -b so that was a nice addition. This does show the glaring issues with gnome that has plagued it for years. No easy way to enable dark mode, no simple way to keep the dock from being hidden and the folders need revamping BADLY. But other than that it ran pretty well in a Mac VM.

[@Doriandotslash]

Nice to hear. Well, there will be lots of changes coming once GTK4 hits the ground...

[@jaguaranon9353]

are flatpaks normally slower to run? I thought they would run at the same speed as regular installs..

[@Doriandotslash]

I don’t find them any slower than using regular packages.

[@LloydLynx]

How are you recording with OBS? The Desktop Screencast plugin always lags like hell for me.

[@Doriandotslash]

I use hardware capture for recording. I don't screen capture.

[@TheAlchemicalMind]

i've been waiting for an all flatpak distro, happy to see this. i've been using mostly flatpaks for about a year and love never having to do software updates. also, been playing with gnome 3.38 since yesterday and it is leaps and bounds better than previous versions, and wayland support with nvidia drivers seems to be flawless so far.

[@Doriandotslash]

Then you need to check my videos on Fedora Silverblue. It’s a fully flatpak OS and uses OSTree. It’s wonderful

[@TheAlchemicalMind]

@@Doriandotslash i ran Silverblue for about a year exclusively and i did like it quite a bit, but there were some minor things that lead me to go a different direction. some of that may be address with the upcoming release so i look forward to possibly going back.

[@MisterCOM]

Could you install the Guix package manager on it?

[@Doriandotslash]

If the installer is a script or executable, it might work. I have tried Guix yet. It’s coming up soon 😉

[@davidnotonstinnett]

“It adds an extra click” Then just keep a terminal open and type the word reboot.

[@antoniostorcke]

Yes, it is based upon OSTREE. This is created from the same debian sources used to make Endless OS. No fedora tools here. The future of desktop linux will be ostree. It is sad that Ubuntu is not aware if this yet.

[@tomasramirezthemythtoon]

I like flatpaks, but when I install steam as flatpak when I try to install a game on another disk my flatpak won't read my other disk.

[@Doriandotslash]

Ah, yeah you need to use a filesystems override to be able to access mounts outside of the sandbox.

[@tomasramirezthemythtoon]

@@Doriandotslash thanks for reply man !

[@jorditribo94]

Install flatseal (flatpak) and give steam app host filesystem access.

[@rodrigosabbat3775]

How can I install it on my machine? I tried pendrive and it doesn't boot...

[@rodrigosabbat3775]

Nevermind! I got it!

[@cnc73]

But have they fixed the mouse speed and scroll speed???

[@Doriandotslash]

I’ve never had an issue with it

[@Steven_nevetS]

Would you say it runs fast and uses little RAM?

[@Doriandotslash]

Steven It runs faster than Gnome on a distro because it’s a new version. But the RAM is only slightly less.

[@creative-commons-videos]

@./ is timeshift better than ostree ?

[@Doriandotslash]

They are two very different things. Check out my video on Fedora Silverblue for an explanation on OSTree.

[@oshanemckenzie1694]

When I think of GnomeOS, sweet condensed milk drink comes to mind.

[@ishanagarwal475]

extension is broken on 3.38 that's why it does not allow us to enable it.

[@Doriandotslash]

I’ll try different versions later and see if it can get working.

[@ishanagarwal475]

@@Doriandotslash I tried the dash to panel from master it broken on 3.38 most of the extensions are. I think after a week it possible that we can the extensions working.

[@Doriandotslash]

@@ishanagarwal475 Let's hope so!

[@ishanagarwal475]

@@Doriandotslash just curious what kernel version does this use?

[@Doriandotslash]

Ishan Agarwal I think it was 5.7 or 5.8

[@tengkusulaiman]

Used to be a flavor for linux. Now it is the main dish.

[@mehdi7586]

How are you recording this on Wayland?

[@pretendawatch]

Dorian uses an external HDMI recorder IIRC.

[@Doriandotslash]

With hardware

[@Doriandotslash]

lalincedeldeserto It does work but it doesn’t record as smoothly.

[@antonioluisaraujo1901]

@@Doriandotslash You can use OBS ( flathub-beta). Works on wayland.

[@turtlewax3849]

@@antonioluisaraujo1901 Why fix what is not broken?

[@oshanemckenzie1694]

So it's not based on anything, like Ubuntu or Debian?

[@Doriandotslash]

Oshane McKenzie Nope. It’s built independently

[@motoryzen]

Looks no different than Fedora or any ubuntu distro running gnome 3. but no package manager+ no way to pin/put whatever I want one-click access to on the top panel, move the stupid time clock out of the way and move the panel at the bottom = dealbreaker. I'll stick to my mint 20 cinnamon install.

[@Doriandotslash]

Yeah it would be nice to be able to use extensions. There must be a way.

[@northof-62]

This sounds somewhat similar to NixOS.

[@Doriandotslash]

Sort of. But closer to Silverblue

[@demonsync57]

oh really ? ... gnome 3.38 its the kernel ? nahh... you still running a minimal linux underneath..

[@Doriandotslash]

Linux is the base kernel for all distros. But GnomeOS is not based on any other distro. Of course it would use the Linux Kernel though, everything does.

[@motoryzen]

3:30 to 3:35 " This is a PC..not a laptop" Dude..a laptop IS also a PC. PC stands for Personal Computer. That can be a desktop or laptop. Hell some argue even a tablet that can easily connect to a bluetooth keyboard and mouse is a PC (shrugs)

[@Doriandotslash]

Yeah yeah, PC/Desktop. Y’all knew what I meant lol

[@charlesbenca5357]

Gnome is already shit, and now it's its own os, wtf. They should fix gnome first