Pureblue OS Base Images

This directory contains the base images for Pureblue OS, built on top of Fedora bootc.

Image Hierarchy

fedora-bootc:latest
    │
    ├── base ────┬── gnome
    │            │
    │            ├── base-nvidia ─── gnome-nvidia        [RPM Fusion - proprietary]
    │            │
    │            └── base-nvidia-open ─── gnome-nvidia-open  [negativo17 - open modules]

Available Images

Base Images

Image	From	Description
base	fedora-bootc	Minimal base with core packages
base-nvidia	base	NVIDIA proprietary drivers (RPM Fusion)
base-nvidia-open	base	NVIDIA open kernel modules (negativo17)

Desktop Images

Image	From	Description
gnome	base	GNOME Desktop Environment
gnome-nvidia	base-nvidia	GNOME + proprietary NVIDIA drivers
gnome-nvidia-open	base-nvidia-open	GNOME + open NVIDIA modules

NVIDIA Variants Explained

base-nvidia (Proprietary)

• Source: RPM Fusion repos
• Driver type: Proprietary (closed source) kernel modules
• Stability: More tested, conservative updates
• Hardware support: All NVIDIA GPUs (legacy to latest)
• Use when: You want maximum stability or have older hardware

base-nvidia-open (Open Source)

• Source: negativo17 repos
• Driver type: Open source kernel modules (userspace still proprietary)
• Stability: Newer, faster updates
• Hardware support: RTX 20 series and newer
• Use when: You want newer drivers or better Wayland support

Build Process

The images are built weekly (Sundays at 10:05 UTC) via GitHub Actions.

Build Pipeline

check
└── build-base ───┬── build-gnome
                  ├── build-nvidia ─── build-gnome-nvidia
                  └── build-nvidia-open ─── build-gnome-nvidia-open

Builds happen in parallel where possible:

• build-gnome runs parallel with build-nvidia and build-nvidia-open
• Desktop variants wait for their respective base images

Versioning

Images are tagged with:

• latest - Always the most recent build
• {fedora_version} - e.g., 43
• {fedora_version}.commit-{sha} - e.g., 43.commit-a1b2c3d4 (shared across variants from same commit)
• {fedora_version}.base-{digest} - e.g., 43.base-e5f6789a (same base digest)
• {fedora_version}.commit-{sha}.base-{digest} - e.g., 43.commit-a1b2c3d4.base-e5f6789a (full traceability)

Containerfiles

• Containerfile.base - Minimal base image
• Containerfile.base-nvidia - NVIDIA proprietary (RPM Fusion)
• Containerfile.base-nvidia-open - NVIDIA open modules (negativo17)
• Containerfile.gnome - GNOME desktop
• Containerfile.gnome-nvidia - GNOME + proprietary NVIDIA
• Containerfile.gnome-nvidia-open - GNOME + open NVIDIA modules