FAQ#

What desktops are officially supported?#

GNOME (default-gnome track)
KDE Plasma (plasma track)
XFCE (xfce track)
Cinnamon (cinnamon track)
MATE (mate track)
LXQt (lxqt track)

You can make your own tracks to support whatever desktop or WM you want, this is just what we offer by default.

Why can't I use another init system?#

blendOS relies heavily on systemd-nspawn for containers, which is like chroot but on steroids. It is included with the systemd package on Arch.

Why are my alises not showing up on fish?#

blendOS has a file in /etc/profile.d that tells POSIX-compliant shells (i.e. bash, zsh) where to find your container binaries. These shells source it by default and understand the format. Fish is not POSIX-compliant. All you have to do is add the following to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

if status is-login
    exec bash -c "test -e /etc/profile.d/blend.sh && source /etc/profile.d/blend.sh;\
    exec fish"
end

What should go on the host?#

Things like:

Drivers
Game Launchers (as a flatpak or a host package)
Terminal emulators
Web Browsers
File managers
Desktops/WMs
Podman containers
Anything that doesn't work in containers or as a flatpak