Hello, friend

You know this screen.

Let's make a little room for something new.

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Take a deep breath…

Welcome home.

This is Aurora. Calm, fast, and entirely yours.

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No ads. No nagging. No one asking you to sign in.

Just a fast, private desktop that stays out of your way. Let's get you settled in.

Hand-drawn Aurora wallpaper: friends around a campfire under the northern lights

Built with KDE Plasma

Cozy up the place.

Aurora comes with a gallery of hand-drawn wallpapers from the community. Right-click the desktop to pick one, then move the panel, swap the theme or add widgets. It's your home now.

Make it yours
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A little tour

Six things worth knowing.

Grab a cup of something warm. This takes about a minute.

Application Launcher

01 · The launcher

Everything starts in the corner.

Click the Aurora logo in the bottom-left, or just press the Meta key (the one with the Windows logo) and start typing. Apps, files and settings all show up right there.

Type to search…
  • Favorites
  • All Applications
  • Development
  • Games
  • Graphics
  • Internet
  • Multimedia
  • Office
  • System
Firefox
Dolphin
Konsole
Bazaar
System Settings
Help
Bazaar

02 · Getting apps

One store. Thousands of apps.

Bazaar is your app store, backed by Flathub. Browse, click install, done. No hunting for installers, no sketchy download buttons.

Search Flathub
SteamPlay your libraryInstall
GIMPEdit photos
SpotifyMusic for every moodInstall
OBS StudioRecord and streamInstall
Blender3D creationInstall
LibreOfficeDocuments and sheetsInstall
Updates

03 · Updates

Updates take care of themselves.

Your system and your apps update quietly in the background. Each update is built and tested before it ever reaches you, and it takes effect the next time you restart, whenever that suits you.

Everything is up to datechecked 12 min ago
  • Aurora system imageStaged for next boot
  • 23 Flatpak appsUpdated in the background
  • Homebrew packagesUp to date
  • Device firmwareUp to date

No pop-ups. No forced restarts. It just happens.

Boot Menu

04 · Rock-solid

Changed your mind? Go back.

Aurora is image-based: every update is a complete, known-good system. If something ever feels off, reboot into the previous one. Your files stay exactly where you left them.

Deployments
●aurora:stableVersion 43.20260929 · todaybooted
○aurora:stableVersion 43.20260922 · last week rollback

Pick yesterday's system from the boot menu. That's it.

Konsole

05 · For the curious

A terminal when you want one.

You never need it, but it's there. Homebrew for command-line tools, Distrobox for any Linux you like, Podman and Docker for containers, and ujust for handy shortcuts.

~ ❯ ujust --choose
› pick a helpful recipe from the menu
~ ❯ brew install fastfetch
🍺 fastfetch was successfully installed!
~ ❯ distrobox create --image ubuntu:24.04
✓ Ubuntu container ready
~ ❯ podman run --rm -it fedora
~ ❯
Community

06 · Friends

Made by people, for people.

Aurora is built in the open by a friendly community on top of Fedora Atomic and Universal Blue. If you get stuck, someone is always happy to help.

You're all set.

Make yourself at home. Change the wallpaper, install your favorite apps, and come say hi whenever you like.

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