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[-] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

silverblue-main-surface

Do you know where I can find simple clear explanation on how to do a fresh install of this? I'm kind of a noob... I've installed standard Fedora on a Surface and it works well but I have a few bugs.

[-] Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

Go to https://universal-blue.org/installation/ and download the image. It's a net-installer, so you can use a small USB stick too. Then just install it the way you would any other distro, e.g. Fedora Workstation. Done.

For me, that didn't work at the time due to internet problems. If you encounter issues, do the following:

  1. Go to https://fedoraproject.org/silverblue/ and download the normal Silverblue version there and install it the same way you did the Workstation.
  2. Go to https://universal-blue.org/images/, open your terminal and rebase. Do that by pasting rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/ublue-os/silverblue-surface (I think that's the correct image) and wait for it to download and apply.
  3. Reboot
  4. Open the terminal again and paste rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/silverblue-surface:latest. Wait and reboot again.
    It isn't as elegant as the first option, but if it doesn't work, then consider the alternative steps.
[-] TheLightItBurns@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

You are a champion! Thank you for this info! I’ve been wanting to install something else on my Surface pro 7 since I started using W11 on it and immediately disliked it. Your comment just turned that into a much easier process for my weekend!

[-] Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

You're welcome! Glad to help.

Just remember that Silverblue/ the immutable desktops are still relatively new. For more information, read my newest post about image based desktops. It's hopefully written in a way everyone can understand it, no matter the prior experience :)

[-] TheLightItBurns@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I appreciate it! I’ll take a look at that post as well.

[-] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Thank you so much!!

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