# Contributing **URL:** https://universal-blue.discourse.group/c/contributing/7.md [Latest](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [About the Contributing category](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/about-the-contributing-category/12)
**Author:** [@j0rge](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/j0rge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/about-the-contributing-category/12 "2025-02-14T18:17:20Z")
Topics relating to contributing, developing your own, or other highly technical content. Pull requests, issues, and other feedback are always appreciated! Contributing Documentation CONTRIBUTING.md --- ## [Asus G14 (2026) Laptop needs kernel boot parameter for backlight control](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/asus-g14-2026-laptop-needs-kernel-boot-parameter-for-backlight-control/12512)
**Author:** [@fuelflo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/fuelflo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/asus-g14-2026-laptop-needs-kernel-boot-parameter-for-backlight-control/12512 "2026-09-11T21:35:50Z")
Hi, I have an Asus G14 GU405AR (2026 model) Laptop with Intel/Nvidia graphics card. To make the display backlight control work with bazzite (44.20260908, Kernel 7.2.3-ogc3.1.fc44.x86\_64) i have to set xe.enable\_dpcd\_bac… --- ## [Request to become Maintainer](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/request-to-become-maintainer/12297)
**Author:** [@Kedvdv](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Kedvdv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/request-to-become-maintainer/12297 "2026-07-09T10:19:21Z")
Hello there! I want to help you develop and maintain a project. I can help with any assigned task(s), and I’m ok with part-time or flexible. Thanks so much, and have a great day! Keith Te This concerns @kylegospo be… --- ## [The udev rules for OpenRGB needs different logic](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/the-udev-rules-for-openrgb-needs-different-logic/12292)
**Author:** [@eduncan911](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/eduncan911)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/the-udev-rules-for-openrgb-needs-different-logic/12292 "2026-07-07T18:43:25Z")
So here’s the thing. It seems ucore bakes in a bunch of udev rules (I don’t think this is a Bazzite thing). One of those rules is for OpenRGB (60-openrgb.rules). The problem is these rules are Read-Only; however, the o… --- ## [Tool for reproducible dev environments on Bazzite (looking for feedback)](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/tool-for-reproducible-dev-environments-on-bazzite-looking-for-feedback/12114)
**Author:** [@Kubaguette](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Kubaguette)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/tool-for-reproducible-dev-environments-on-bazzite-looking-for-feedback/12114 "2026-05-10T19:15:09Z")
Hi everyone! I’ve been working on a tool to simplify development workflows on immutable systems like Bazzite, where setting up dev environments can quickly become messy and time-consuming. I wanted to share it here to … --- ## [Has anyone tried an aarch64 build recently?](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/has-anyone-tried-an-aarch64-build-recently/11701)
**Author:** [@cjmaria](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/cjmaria)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/has-anyone-tried-an-aarch64-build-recently/11701 "2026-02-15T15:44:34Z")
Hi folks, I see that there are now aarch64 fedora kinoite base images available on quay.io. Has anyone tried recently to build an aarch64 aurora image? Are there any known blockers to aarch64? I want to make some tweak… --- ## [Polkit crash due to 22-ublue-rebase-systemd.rules polkit rule](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/polkit-crash-due-to-22-ublue-rebase-systemd-rules-polkit-rule/8214)
**Author:** [@akippnn](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/akippnn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/polkit-crash-due-to-22-ublue-rebase-systemd-rules-polkit-rule/8214 "2025-12-21T13:58:33Z")
While testing run0 on a freshly installed Aurora OS, I encountered this error (which led me to systemd issue #33418): ➜ run0 sleep 5 Failed to start transient service unit: Access denied Sure enough, checking with pkc… --- ## [Suspended Contributor](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/suspended-contributor/11300)
**Author:** [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/suspended-contributor/11300 "2025-12-18T21:27:02Z")
Hello everyone. We have received some troubling reports from the community about one of the maintainers of Bazzite. After taking some time the last few days, The Bazzite team has made the decision to remove the maintain… --- ## [Boxkit build error regarding device space?](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/boxkit-build-error-regarding-device-space/10946)
**Author:** [@evsv](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/evsv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/boxkit-build-error-regarding-device-space/10946 "2025-10-28T15:02:48Z")
Hey All! I’m trying to create a distrobox container file with some basic software pre-installed for computational social science work (github), and I forked the boxkit project for this. Things worked out pretty well for… --- ## [Documentation Mismatch](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/documentation-mismatch/10613)
**Author:** [@johannesbremer](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/johannesbremer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/documentation-mismatch/10613 "2025-09-05T12:20:53Z")
My sister has gotten annoyed with her old Windows laptop, so now I’m setting up Universal Blue for her. I’ve shown her screenshots of KDE and GNOME to make her decide between Aurora and Bluefin. I’ve also had a quick lo… --- ## [My just script](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/my-just-script/10248)
**Author:** [@Xariann](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Xariann)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/my-just-script/10248 "2025-08-14T04:24:20Z")
I made my just script, it’s all working on my custom image and that’s great. But given that it depends on the justfile importing all the just scripts, I was wondering if I did it correctly. I noticed there was this line… --- ## [Display an screenshot of the desktop environments in Bazzite Download page](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/display-an-screenshot-of-the-desktop-environments-in-bazzite-download-page/9969)
**Author:** [@FernandoMMuniz](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/FernandoMMuniz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/display-an-screenshot-of-the-desktop-environments-in-bazzite-download-page/9969 "2025-08-12T02:19:27Z")
I believe newcomers to Linux would like to see what “KDE” and “GNOME” means, since not everyone has a Steam Deck, and not everyone with a Steam Deck used the Desktop Mode. I also think that if the KDE screenshot had the… --- ## [Repo code error](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/repo-code-error/10242)
**Author:** [@tolga\_erok](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tolga_erok)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/repo-code-error/10242 "2025-08-09T10:50:50Z")
Not sure who will see to this but i came across a typo/code error in your scripting on your github repo aurora/just/aurora-system.just at 3f228b913701da7c5f422f0a4ea31d4f33f4357c · ublue-os/aurora · GitHub change ugum … --- ## [How to Add Custom Anaconda (look) to System](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/how-to-add-custom-anaconda-look-to-system/10036)
**Author:** [@krolmiki2011](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/krolmiki2011)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/how-to-add-custom-anaconda-look-to-system/10036 "2025-07-28T09:30:13Z")
Hello, im making my own image in bluebuild, and i wonder how to personaize anaconda to installer iso. Please response. --- ## [Need help building system76-io akmods](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/need-help-building-system76-io-akmods/5725)
**Author:** [@ssweeny](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ssweeny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/need-help-building-system76-io-akmods/5725 "2025-07-22T01:08:25Z")
Hi folks! I’ve been using Bluefin on a spare laptop for a while and love it, so I recently decided to move my main machine, a System76 Thelio Mira, to Bluefin as well. Overall things are working well, but they use a cu… --- ## [A feature suggestion to deal with cross OS sharing and anticheat](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/a-feature-suggestion-to-deal-with-cross-os-sharing-and-anticheat/9813)
**Author:** [@drahcir\_rahl](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/drahcir_rahl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/a-feature-suggestion-to-deal-with-cross-os-sharing-and-anticheat/9813 "2025-07-18T04:06:53Z")
While explaining the reasons not to use NTFS to share between Windows and Linux OS’s especially using proton for gaming an idea came to me. Would there be a way to implement a workable specialty file system/container sy… --- ## [A gaming focused Btrfs pool mounting script](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/a-gaming-focused-btrfs-pool-mounting-script/9445)
**Author:** [@Sirico](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Sirico)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/a-gaming-focused-btrfs-pool-mounting-script/9445 "2025-07-03T10:52:29Z")
This might be very specific, but I got tired of diving into fstab and sorting out my btrfs pool every distro hop, so I made a script to take care of it. It’s based on bazzite’s file structure and Flatpak permissions. I … --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Question about using template to build my own image](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/solved-question-about-using-template-to-build-my-own-image/8936)
**Author:** [@Hugh\_Whelan](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Hugh_Whelan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/solved-question-about-using-template-to-build-my-own-image/8936 "2025-06-04T11:48:52Z")
I have “successfully” built a custom image using the template (the github is: GitHub - whelanh/customBluefinDx: Experiment on building a custom image). I followed the steps to add the co-signing key. However when I att… --- ## [Creating a new Hyprland image](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/creating-a-new-hyprland-image/233)
**Author:** [@werner](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/werner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/creating-a-new-hyprland-image/233 "2025-04-28T02:43:21Z")
Hey people! I want to start creating my first own image. It should be a semi-opinionated (less traditional like Fedora) set including Hyprland all main tools cool stuff like Alacritty, fish, eza, bat etc I am using K… --- ## [User default wallpaper](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/user-default-wallpaper/7878)
**Author:** [@derixithy](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/derixithy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/user-default-wallpaper/7878 "2025-04-16T16:35:21Z")
I removed the default wallpapers in favor of my own. I used dconf files in etc to update the default wallpapers but they do not apply when an account gets created. I also have other dconf settings and they do apply so … --- ## [My own logo on my custom image](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/my-own-logo-on-my-custom-image/4752)
**Author:** [@visnu\_Deva](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/visnu_Deva)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/my-own-logo-on-my-custom-image/4752 "2025-04-13T17:46:41Z")
Hello I am looking to change the fedora logo to my own logo for my custom image when the pc starts, could someone give me the direction to where i can set it up, please. --- ## [Remove the date after the version](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/remove-the-date-after-the-version/7652)
**Author:** [@derixithy](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/derixithy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/remove-the-date-after-the-version/7652 "2025-03-31T16:26:03Z")
How do i remove the build date after the fedora version number? It’s also in the bootscreen, i would like to just remove it if i can. I’m basing my images on ublue-os/image-template --- ## [MOTD opencollective flatpak support link](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/motd-opencollective-flatpak-support-link/7257)
**Author:** [@Mshrm](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Mshrm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/motd-opencollective-flatpak-support-link/7257 "2025-03-07T20:56:30Z")
I would like to file a bug/issue to remove the Flatpak support link in the MOTD terminal output. The link to donate has been archived and no longer active on opencollective. It appears there is currently no way to donate… --- ## [Text Won't Render in Team Fortress 2 On Custom Image](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/text-wont-render-in-team-fortress-2-on-custom-image/6076)
**Author:** [@ElliotLurie](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/ElliotLurie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/text-wont-render-in-team-fortress-2-on-custom-image/6076 "2025-01-03T06:44:01Z")
I’m on a custom image of UBlue I made myself with Xfce and TF2 (through the Steam Flatpak) doesn’t render any text in game. I’ve found some old issues mentioning fonts not being installed, however I have Liberation insta… --- ## [Stagger standby modes ally x](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/stagger-standby-modes-ally-x/5743)
**Author:** [@tehss1](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tehss1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/stagger-standby-modes-ally-x/5743 "2024-12-17T01:24:34Z")
Was wondering if it would be possible to stagger the standby and extreme standby options specifically on the ally x. “Lite” standby option for an hour and then extreme standby etc. I do this with sleep/hibernate on my wi… --- ## [Dotfiles and Custom Images](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/dotfiles-and-custom-images/596)
**Author:** [@Heus-Sueh](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Heus-Sueh)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/dotfiles-and-custom-images/596 "2024-11-19T12:54:46Z")
What would be the best way to integrate dotfiles and custom images? I’m trying to create a sway image with dotfiles, but the solution I found to deal with this may not be better, I’m dealing with the dotfiles directly i… --- ## [Playerctl Apparently Unmaintained](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/playerctl-apparently-unmaintained/5056)
**Author:** [@johannesbremer](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/johannesbremer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/playerctl-apparently-unmaintained/5056 "2024-11-13T07:38:32Z")
Hey everyone! Over the past few days, I set up a small systemd unit to automatically pause media playback when my Bluetooth headphones disconnect. I used Playerctl since it was already preinstalled on my system (Bluefin)… --- ## [Anaconda WebUI testing](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/anaconda-webui-testing/4996)
**Author:** [@tulilirockz](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tulilirockz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/anaconda-webui-testing/4996 "2024-11-09T04:22:13Z")
If you want to help out with making Fedora (and consequently Universal Blue) get better, please check out the latest Fedora Test Week for Anaconda WebUI! We need that to be as polished as possible so that people can move… --- ## [Kernel-devel for stable UBlue](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kernel-devel-for-stable-ublue/4693)
**Author:** [@GrandpaRes](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/GrandpaRes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/kernel-devel-for-stable-ublue/4693 "2024-10-26T00:36:28Z")
I’m trying to package an out-of-tree driver as an akmod. The idea is that users will be able to layer it with rpm-ostree, and akmods will take care of rebuilding and signing whenever the kernel is updated. To my understa… --- ## [\[Meta\] Time management for open source?](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/meta-time-management-for-open-source/4360)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_of\_Earth](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Joseph_of_Earth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/meta-time-management-for-open-source/4360 "2024-10-03T20:05:23Z")
How do you make time for open source contributions? Any tips for “work” life balance? For me I don’t have a super organized schedule, but I do have tasks and such organized. The idea is that I’m already to go on an even… [Next page](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/c/contributing/7.md?page=1)