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GNOME OS


Last Update: 2025-06-03 15:11 UTC


GNOME OS is an experimental, immutable Linux distribution that ships the latest in-development GNOME desktop, core applications and stack. It serves as a reference for developers and testers. It is designed around the modern systemd and GNU-based userland built from the Freedesktop SDK. Initially, GNOME OS used a library and set of utilities called OSTree to deploy the root filesystem and manage updates, but later migrated to "systemd-sysupdate" which offers enhanced immutability, auto-updating, adaptability, factory reset, uniformity and other modernised security properties. GNOME OS can be loaded as a live image in Boxes, VirtualBox, QEMU and other virtualisation software, but it can also be installed on a standard x86_64 hardware. The distribution does not support traditional package management; however, additional software applications can be installed via the Flatpak utility which is supported out of the box.

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GNOME OS Summary
Distribution GNOME OS
Home Page https://os.gnome.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/wikis/gnome_os/
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Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://os.gnome.org/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/issues
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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Feature 851764
Release Date 2025-06-02
End Of Life  
Price (US$) Free
Image Size (MB) 1900-2000
Free Download ISO
Installation Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME
Package Management Flatpak
Release Model Rolling
Office Suite --
Processor Architecture x86_64
Init Software systemd
Journaled File Systems  
Multilingual  
Asian Language Support  
Full Package List  
Package 851764
alsa-lib (1.2.14)  
amdgpu (23.0.0)  
apparmor (4.1.1)  
apt (3.1.2)  
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.37
bind (9.20.9)  
chromium (137.0.7151.103)  
cinnamon (6.4.10)  
cups (2.4.12)  
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.2
ffmpeg (7.1.1)  
firefox (139.0.4)  
flatpak (1.16.1) 1.16.0
freetype (2.13.3)  
gcc (15.1.0)  
gimp (3.0.4)  
git (2.49.0)  
glibc (2.41)  
gnome-shell (48.2) 48.1
grub (2.12)  
gtk (4.18.6) 4.19.2
httpd (2.4.63)  
inkscape (1.4.2)  
kmod (34.2)  
krita (5.2.9)  
LibreOffice (25.2.4)  
Package 851764
libselinux (3.8.1)  
linux (6.15.2) 6.14.5
mariadb (11.8.2)  
mate-desktop (1.28.2)  
mesa (25.1.3)  
mysql (9.3.0)  
nautilus (48.2) 49alpha
NVIDIA (575.57.08)  
openjdk (24.0.1)  
openssh (10.0p1) 10.0p2
openssl (3.5.0) 3.3.3
perl (5.40.2) 5.40.2
php (8.4.8)  
plasma-desktop (6.3.5)  
postfix (3.10.2)  
postgresql (17.5)  
Python (3.13.5) 3.12.18
qt (6.9.1)  
samba (4.22.2)  
systemd (257.6) 258
thunderbird (139.0.2)  
vim (9.1) 9.1
vlc (3.0.21)  
wayland (1.23.1)  
xfdesktop (4.20.1)  
xorg-server (21.1.16)  

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