Ypsidanger
ypsidanger.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2020
Writes about immutable Linux desktops, including Fedora Silverblue, openSUSE MicroOS and Project Bluefin, along with Homebrew on Linux and containers.
What HN saysHN commenters point to it for Bluefin and uBlue background, Homebrew on Linux, the disk space myth, and toolbox and Distrobox advice.
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Linux distribution model is changing5 people · 5 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 2Project Bluefin: an immutable, developer-focused, Cloud-native Linux3 people · 202 points · first shared 2023 · 84 comments on HN
- 3Homebrew Is Great on Linux3 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Let's just kill the silly myths2 people · 6 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 5Comparing OpenSUSE MicroOS and Fedora Silverblue2 people · 5 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Building your own custom Fedora Silverblue image2 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 7Immutable Linux desktop with OpenSUSE and Snaps1 people · 46 points · first shared 2021 · 27 comments on HN
- 8Thanks Microsoft, you solved my homelab problem1 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 9The ability to send a plain text email is not a skill people care about (mostly)1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Setting yourself up for success before trying Fedora Silverblue1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · 1 comments on HN
- 11Universal Blue is helping me build an open source Chromebook alternative1 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 12Universal Blue 1.0 – a toolkit for customizing Fedora images1 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 13Toolboxes are not just for special cases1 people · first shared 2023
- 14Wasting disk space1 people · first shared 2023
- 15Catching up with opensuse microos1 people · first shared 2024
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ivanesmantovich · 2026-08-12
Use brew on Linux!
https://www.ypsidanger.com/homebrew-is-great-on-linux/
gbraad · 2024-01-17
Jorge Castro wrote about MicroOS https://www.ypsidanger.com/catching-up-with-opensuse-microos/ and eventually chose Fedora to base uBlue and Bluefin on: https://www.ypsidanger.com/announcing-project-bluefin/
SirGiggles · 2023-10-28
This is a tangent, but do you have a resource/link to where the base image is defined?
For example I saw that in your blog [1] you used the base on line 1 `FROM ghcr.io/cgwalters/fedora-silverblue:37`.
I was wondering where I could find the Containerfile for that, my Google-fu and searching through the Fedora pages are failing me
[1] https://www.ypsidanger.com/building-your-own-fedora-silverblue-image/
jcastro · 2023-08-21
The disk space thing is a myth, once you start to install apps people actually use it ends up being about the same.
If you test it with VMs you can check it out for yourself: https://www.ypsidanger.com/wasting-disk-space/
mikae1 · 2023-03-30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PrISAOtbY
https://www.ypsidanger.com/toolboxes-are-not-just-for-special-cases/
Tried in a VM. Seems to work, but needs more evaluation to see how it works in real life. You can even make a Distrobox the default in your terminal.