GNOME Build Metadata
Overview
The GNOME Build Metadata repository is where the GNOME release team manages build metadata for building the:
- GNOME OS
- GNOME Flatpak runtimes
- GNOME OCI images for CI
Getting started
Using GNOME OS
For an overview of the project, visit the GNOME OS website.
If you want to install GNOME OS, follow the appropriate guide for your device and setup:
- Typical desktop and laptop computers
- Dual Booting with another operating system - We don’t support this setup, but you can use it at your own risk
- Phones - Experimental support for OnePlus 6 and Fairphone 5
Be sure to check out the User Guide afterwards.
Quick start: The latest ISO nightly can be downloaded from https://os.gnome.org/download/latest/gnome_os_x86_64.iso and restored onto a USB drive
Using GNOME Flatpak runtimes
If you’d like to use GNOME Flatpak runtimes, please head to the Flatpak documentation on the GNOME runtimes and Building a flatpak.
Quick start: flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Sdk//master
Using GNOME OCI images
If you’d like to use GNOME OCI images, please see the CI registry at quay.io, to understand which images are available see the Published Build Outputs and OCI Contributing.
Quick start: podman pull quay.io/gnome_infrastructure/gnome-build-meta:gnomeos-nightly
Releases
gnome-build-meta tracks the releases of GNOME. See the GNOME release calendar.
Contributing
To contribute to the GNOME Flatpak runtime, GNOME OS or GNOME OCI images, see the contribution guide to get started, and the debugging guide for common troubleshooting steps.
You can also read the markdown source of the documentation in docs
The repository can be found as gnome-build-meta on GNOME gitlab and it has an official read-only mirror on Github.