I made a BlueBuild image for Dank Linux

[QuijadaH]

I've been working on a custom BlueBuild image for myself that combines Hyprland with Dank Linux. The original plan was just to have a setup that matched how I wanted my system to work, but after using it for a while I figured other people might find it useful too.

It's called DankBlue. The goal is to provide the Dank Linux experience through BlueBuild while still being easy to customize and build on top of.

Right now only Hyprland images are available. I plan to support Niri in the near future and possibly other Wayland compositors later on.

The project was heavily inspired by Wayblue. I also ended up adding a few QoL features along the way, including automatic /etc/skel initialization after rebases for existing users, a post-login setup framework for custom scripts, and some changes to how the default Flatpak setup works.

A lot of those QoL features were AI-assisted. I started this project with only basic Bash knowledge and very little experience with systemd, then learned along the way.

If you'd like to take a look, the repository is here: https://github.com/dank-blue/images

I'd love to hear any feedback, suggestions, or things that could be done better since this is my first time building and maintaining a project like this.

[kmf]

Was thinking about it today. Can't wait for the Niri images.

[QuijadaH]

Actually, there's an existing Fedora Atomic image with Niri and Dank Linux called Zirconium. It and DankBlue are pretty similar in that they're aiming to provide an OOTB experience with a tiling window manager through Dank Linux in an atomic image, but the former is definitely more mature and professionally made. I'd recommend using Zirconium over DankBlue, especially if you want Niri over Hyprland. Though it uses bootc, you can still use it as the base image for a BlueBuild recipe.

Since I was reminded of Zirconium yesterday, I've been thinking of focusing DankBlue on Hyprland instead of supporting various window managers and just point Niri users to Zirconium in the README; it'll definitely save me a whole lot of trouble this way lol.

[kmf]

I notice that Fedora is using Dank with their Miracle Spin.

Wonder of there is space for either a Niri/Mango spin with Dank