A Linux that doesn't suck.
No ads. No accounts. No nonsense. A computer that respects you.
"We open the door — not just a window to peek through."
Macrosofty is a Linux distribution for ordinary humans. It's built on Universal Blue + Fedora Atomic Desktop — the same doesn't-break foundation that Bazzite, Bluefin, and Aurora ride.
We don't reinvent. We curate. The plumbing is theirs. The friendly face is ours.
| Edition | For | Base |
|---|---|---|
| 🍲 Hearty | Everyday use — browser, email, photos, Netflix, printing | Aurora |
| 🍖 Chunky | Real work — office, dev tools, more muscle | Aurora-DX |
| 🧺 Padkos | Old hardware, new places — 4 GB RAM, not getting left behind | Aurora (stripped) |
| 🔥 Braai | Gaming — Steam, Proton, controllers, all of it | Bazzite |
🐰 Bokkie (Pi 5 / ARM) is a tentative post-v1 stretch. The honest answer for now is "still coming."
- Free for everyone. Forever.
- No ads. No telemetry. No accounts required. Ever.
- A system that updates itself and rolls back when it shouldn't.
- One identity across all four editions. They're cousins, not strangers.
- Peace, not war. If your current OS works for you, enjoy it. We're an alternative, not a protest.
There's no installable image yet. When there is, we'll say so loudly. Until then this repo holds the plan, the scaffolding, and the trail of decisions.
VISION.md— what we're building, who it's for, what it isn't.CLAUDE.md— how we work on it.editions/— Containerfiles per edition.
To follow along, watch this repo. Discussions go live around v0.1.
This project would be ~10× the work without:
- Universal Blue — Bluefin, Aurora, Bazzite. The atomic-desktop reality.
- Fedora Project — the underlying OS.
- Flatpak and Flathub — the app store that just works.
- bootc, rpm-ostree, cosign.
See ATTRIBUTION.md for the full list.
CONTRIBUTING.md— PR process. What we accept, what we don't.CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md— be kind. That's the rule.SECURITY.md— found a hole? Tell us privately.SIGNING.md— how to verify a build is ours.docs/app-curation.md— what ships in each edition, and the process to change it.
Apache 2.0. See LICENSE.
Made with lekker in Mzansi · Free for everyone. Forever.
The door is always open.