slate-atomic

Opinionated atomic desktop based on Fedora Silverblue with zero maintenance included.

What is slate?

slate is a custom atomic desktop image built directly on Fedora Silverblue 43, providing:

• Immutable base system with atomic updates
• Curated package selection for modern development and productivity
• sjust commands for easy system management
• Nvidia support with open drivers (slate-nvidia-open variant)

Available Images

• slate: Base GNOME image on Fedora Silverblue 43
• slate-nvidia-open: slate + Nvidia open drivers (Turing and newer GPUs)

Installation

Prerequisites

You must be running an existing atomic Fedora installation (Silverblue, Kinoite, etc.).

Rebase to slate

1. First, rebase to the unsigned image to get the signing keys:

   rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/washkinazy/slate:latest
   systemctl reboot

2. After reboot, rebase to the signed image:

   rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/washkinazy/slate:latest
   systemctl reboot

Rebase to slate-nvidia-open

Follow the same process but use slate-nvidia-open instead of slate:

rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/washkinazy/slate-nvidia-open:latest
systemctl reboot
rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/washkinazy/slate-nvidia-open:latest
systemctl reboot

Post-Install for Nvidia

After installing slate-nvidia-open, set the required kernel arguments:

sjust set-nvidia-kargs
systemctl reboot

For Optimus laptops, also run:

sjust configure-nvidia-optimus
systemctl reboot

Using slate

System Management

# Show available slate commands
sjust slate-help

# Show system information
sjust system-info

# Update system
sjust update

# Switch between images
sjust rebase-slate
sjust rebase-slate-nvidia

Updates

slate images are rebuilt weekly and when changes are pushed. To update:

sjust update
systemctl reboot

What's Included

Base Image

• Fedora Silverblue 43 with GNOME
• Atomic updates and immutable base system

Nvidia (slate-nvidia-open only)

• Nvidia open kernel modules from ublue-os akmods
• Nvidia drivers and tools from negativo17
• Configured for DRM modesetting

Development

See BUILD.md for detailed build process documentation.

Prerequisites

• podman or docker
• just (dnf install just)
• cosign or skopeo (either works for signing)
  • dnf install cosign OR dnf install skopeo

Quick start

# Generate signing keys (first time only)
just generate-signing-key

# Add signing key to GitHub:
gh secret set SIGNING_SECRET < cosign.key  # or cosign.private if using skopeo

# Build images locally
just build-slate
just build-nvidia

# Build all
just build-all

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

• Built on Fedora Silverblue
• Nvidia drivers from ublue-os akmods and negativo17
• Inspired by Universal Blue