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Bluefin Dakota

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Bluefin built on GNOME OS, assembled entirely from source. Ask DeepWiki

Features

Dakota is the flagship Bluefin desktop. Compared with previous images such as Bluefin Classic, it offers:

  • The latest GNOME desktop
  • System libraries and development tools from the Freedesktop SDK
  • Optimized x86-64-v3 builds for modern CPUs
  • systemd-boot as the bootloader, with full Secure Boot support
  • A dedicated gaming session with a gaming kernel from the Open Gaming Collective and Steam Gamescope
  • uutils as the default coreutils implementation
  • A graphical Control Center for system administration

Built-in feedback loop

Dakota doesn't eat tickets; it treats them as evidence. Every user running Dakota is part of a structured loop that feeds directly back into the issue tracker. When something breaks on your hardware, you have three commands:

Command What it does
ujust report Captures your system state and opens a pre-filled issue. One command instead of a wall of "please attach logs."
ujust confirm <issue> Tells the team your hardware hits the same bug. Adds a hardware fingerprint to the issue — no duplicate filing.
ujust verify <issue> After a fix ships in a nightly, confirms it works on your machine. Closes the loop with evidence.

No telemetry. No phone-home. You review every report before it leaves your machine. Reports live in gists you own and can delete at any time.

Image streams

Tag Stream What it is
:stable Stable GNOME 51 — production. Weekly promotions from :testing.
:testing Dev GNOME 51 — daily builds from the testing branch. Boot-check gated.
:next Rolling Tracks gnome-build-meta master daily (currently disabled).

ISO Download

dakota-live-latest.iso · Checksum

Secure Boot

  • Run: ujust enroll-secure-boot-key
  • Check EAC readiness: ujust check-anticheat

Known gaps

See the open issues for where things stand.

Contributing or building from source

See AGENTS.md for the full contributor workflow, build instructions, and PR checklist.

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