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Tromsø

Tromsø

Alpha

KDE Plasma 6, built with BuildStream for TunaOS.

Tromsø is an independent TunaOS KDE Plasma image built from source with BuildStream on freedesktop-sdk and delivered as a bootc OCI image. Its identity and artwork are original TunaOS work; it is not Aurora Linux branding.

KDE Plasma 6Desktop
BuildStreamBuilt with
freedesktop-sdkBase
bootc OCIOutput
DocumentationGitHub

KDE Plasma 6

A Wayland Plasma desktop built from source with BuildStream.

freedesktop-sdk base

The image uses freedesktop-sdk as its BuildStream foundation.

Independent TunaOS image

Tromsø has its own BuildStream graph and bootc OCI output, separate from TunaOS’s distro × desktop builds.

⚠️ Alpha. Take appropriate precautions.

Original desktop artwork

Tromsø wallpaper with Tromsø Bridge beneath an aurora.
Tromsø wallpaper with Tromsø Bridge beneath an aurora.

Features

Built from source

BuildStream builds the KDE desktop stack on freedesktop-sdk.

BuildStream pipeline

The project maintains its own pinned build graph and CI checks.

Tromsø and KDE Plasma

The mark references Tromsø Bridge and the northern lights. The wordmark names KDE Plasma. This is original TunaOS artwork, not a KDE or Aurora Linux logo.

bootc OCI image

The project publishes a bootc OCI image at ghcr.io/tuna-os/tromso.

BuildStream family

Tromsø, Brussels, and Athens are separately built TunaOS image projects with different desktops and runtimes.

Get started

Build from source
git clone https://github.com/tuna-os/tromso.git
cd tromso
just build
Boot in a VM
just generate-bootable-image
just boot-vm
Move an existing bootc system (bootc-migrate)
sudo bootc-migrate --target-image ghcr.io/tuna-os/tromso:latest

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