#Fedora silverblue vs workstation install#

I grabbed the ISO from the Silverblue site and created the media the old school way. After finding everything required and placing it on local removable encrypted disk I moved on to step 2. Today I spent multiple hours combing through my home directory looking for things that must be backed up just in case. However, if backups don’t happen and something goes wrong you’re going to have a bad time.

#Fedora silverblue vs workstation install#

Technically speaking, one should be able to install an operating system without the need to back up everything up. Switching to Atomic Workstation was always the 3rd or 4th thing on my TODO list.

However, time generally kept me from making the change. I was keenly aware of the advantages of using an ostree based system on servers and it only made sense to use the same technology locally. If you want to emphasize that it is part of the Fedora project, calling it Fedora Silverblue is fine, too.Īs a long time member of Project Atomic I had always wanted to use Atomic Workstation for my work laptop. With good support for container-focused workflows, this variant of Fedora Workstation targets developer communities. Silverblue is the new face of Fedora Atomic Workstation from Project Atomic. Today I took the plunge replacing my aging Fedora 26 install with Fedora Silverblue.