{"slug": "fedora-kinoite", "name": "Fedora Kinoite", "category": "os", "category_name": "Operating systems and desktop", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 2.658, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-11-09", "latest": "2026-06-01", "why": "very pleasantly surprised by how stable and performant it is", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 3, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "very pleasantly surprised by how stable and performant it is", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "fedoraproject.org", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Fedora Kinoite"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 773767776, "item_id": 48360486, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360486", "by": "vitorsr", "date": "2026-06-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "very pleasantly surprised by how stable and performant it is", "excerpt": "I recently installed Fedora Kinoite [1] and I have been very pleasantly surprised by how stable and performant it is. I am afraid I cannot say the same for their new KDE Linux distribution [2] which in my opinion was a bit unpolished at the time. Both are immutable desktop distributions. The good news, I guess, is Kinoite stands to benefit from KDE Linux development because it mostly depends on Flatpak to install pro", "context": "", "use_case": "Immutable desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "KDE at 30"}, {"id": 743542336, "item_id": 46471396, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471396", "by": "Alupis", "date": "2026-01-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's a great, extremely stable system.", "excerpt": "I've used Fedora on my laptop for over a decade. I switched my main home workstation to Fedora in 2023, and haven't looked back since. My workstation runs Kinoite[1], an immutable/atomic version of Fedora. I started with Fedora 38, and now am running 43. Flawless major-release upgrades. I develop using distrobox[2] (pet containers) on podman. It \"Just Works\". Nearly 99% of my Steam library is playable on Fedora too. ", "context": "used Fedora on laptop for over a decade", "use_case": "main home workstation OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop"}, {"id": 733841408, "item_id": 45865088, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865088", "by": "haunter", "date": "2025-11-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "An immutable distro, probably Fedora Kinoite", "excerpt": "An immutable distro, probably Fedora Kinoite https://www.fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/ >In windows when a child goes searching the web for a \u201cmovie maker for windows\u201d they are going to be in a world of hurt either finding expensive commercial options or super scammy sites promising the world. It's funny that you use that example because the state of video editors on Windows have never been better from in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How would you set up a child\u2019s first Linux computer?"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "Alupis", "context": "used Fedora on laptop for over a decade", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471396", "date": "2026-01-02"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["immutable desktop os", "main home workstation os", "daily desktop os", "linux experimentation platform"], "compared": [{"slug": "flatpak", "name": "Flatpak", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357355", "title": "KDE at 30", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47885596", "title": "Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412726", "title": "OpenSUSE Kalpa", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471199", "title": "2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094589", "title": "Aurora: The Linux-based ultimate workstation", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46103097", "title": "X210Ai is a new motherboard to upgrade ThinkPad X201/200", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 2}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-04": {"compare": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 773767776, "item_id": 48360486, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360486", "by": "vitorsr", "date": "2026-06-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "very pleasantly surprised by how stable and performant it is", "excerpt": "I recently installed Fedora Kinoite [1] and I have been very pleasantly surprised by how stable and performant it is. I am afraid I cannot say the same for their new KDE Linux distribution [2] which in my opinion was a bit unpolished at the time. Both are immutable desktop distributions. The good news, I guess, is Kinoite stands to benefit from KDE Linux development because it mostly depends on Flatpak to install pro", "context": "", "use_case": "Immutable desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "KDE at 30"}, {"id": 766235778, "item_id": 47889736, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47889736", "by": "haunter", "date": "2026-04-24", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Snap only immutable variant (like Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite)", "excerpt": "What happened to the Ubuntu Core Desktop? Snap only immutable variant (like Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite). It was delayed in 2024 and haven\u2019t seen anything about it ever since https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-core-desktop-delayed/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released"}, {"id": 758695825, "item_id": 47418489, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47418489", "by": "tommica", "date": "2026-03-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use fedora kinoite", "excerpt": "Really well explained - I use fedora kinoite, and have had hard time grasping how the immutability exactly works when compared to traditional setup. I would add to this that homebrew is a nice tool for being able to install software that are not in flatpaks and if you do not want to add too many layers to the \"os-tree\". The fact that home is shared between all the distro- and toolboxes is a bit annoying, because I wo", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenSUSE Kalpa"}, {"id": 743542336, "item_id": 46471396, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471396", "by": "Alupis", "date": "2026-01-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's a great, extremely stable system.", "excerpt": "I've used Fedora on my laptop for over a decade. I switched my main home workstation to Fedora in 2023, and haven't looked back since. My workstation runs Kinoite[1], an immutable/atomic version of Fedora. I started with Fedora 38, and now am running 43. Flawless major-release upgrades. I develop using distrobox[2] (pet containers) on podman. It \"Just Works\". Nearly 99% of my Steam library is playable on Fedora too. ", "context": "used Fedora on laptop for over a decade", "use_case": "main home workstation OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop"}, {"id": 738768128, "item_id": 46173008, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173008", "by": "sham1", "date": "2025-12-06", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I personally run Fedora Kinoite", "excerpt": "I personally run Fedora Kinoite (the KDE equivalent of Fedora Silveblue) and Emacs works fine for me. I ended up installing it as a sysext[0] and it works just fine. I did also use it at one point both in a toolbox container and a flatpak, but it always felt a bit flaky there. But honestly, since Emacs is so core to my personal workflow, I think that it's fine to use a system extension for it. Alternatively it could ", "context": "", "use_case": "Daily desktop OS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Aurora: The Linux-based ultimate workstation"}, {"id": 737721233, "item_id": 46107577, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46107577", "by": "fuzzy2", "date": "2025-12-01", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "currently running Fedora Kinoite (with Universal Blue)", "excerpt": "Well \"use it\" is a bit of a stretch. I\u2019m a bit of a device hoarder. It's one of my experimentation platforms for Linux stuff, currently running Fedora Kinoite (with Universal Blue). My daily driver (of sorts, don\u2019t really need a laptop anymore) is a MacBook Pro Late 2013, with NixOS. It\u2019s so much better in every regard, it\u2019s not even funny. It also still has its original battery.", "context": "", "use_case": "Linux experimentation platform", "switched_from": "", "story": "X210Ai is a new motherboard to upgrade ThinkPad X201/200"}, {"id": 733841408, "item_id": 45865088, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45865088", "by": "haunter", "date": "2025-11-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "An immutable distro, probably Fedora Kinoite", "excerpt": "An immutable distro, probably Fedora Kinoite https://www.fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/ >In windows when a child goes searching the web for a \u201cmovie maker for windows\u201d they are going to be in a world of hurt either finding expensive commercial options or super scammy sites promising the world. It's funny that you use that example because the state of video editors on Windows have never been better from in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How would you set up a child\u2019s first Linux computer?"}]}