A secure, polished Linux desktop that updates itself, never nags you, and puts you back in control. Built on Fedora, ready to use.
Sound familiar?
It's not your imagination. Windows has become a platform that works for Microsoft first and you second.
Pop-ups in the Start menu, the lock screen, File Explorer, and Settings, all selling you things you didn't ask for.
Hidden processes log what you type, what you open, and what you search, and then send it to Microsoft's servers.
Updates that reboot your machine mid-task, break your software, and reset your preferences without asking.
Edge re-installs itself. Your default browser resets. Your search engine gets replaced. Every. Single. Update.
A Microsoft account required just to use your own computer. Office costs extra. Copilot costs extra. It never ends.
Perfectly capable machines declared incompatible with Windows 11 to push you toward buying something new.
What you get instead
tetrataenite is built around a simple idea: your computer should do what you want, quietly and reliably, without getting in your way.
tetrataenite uses atomic updates. The whole system updates as one piece, and if anything goes wrong, you can roll back to the last working version. You will never be stuck with a broken computer after an update again.
Updates happen quietly in the background. Your computer only switches to the new version when you restart. When you're ready, not when Microsoft decides.
No ads in the desktop. No ads in the app store. No promotional pop-ups. No bloatware. Your desktop is yours.
No telemetry. No keylogging. No background processes watching what you do. tetrataenite doesn't phone home because it has no reason to.
Bazaar gives you a curated store of vetted software. No hunting for downloads across shady websites, no accidental malware. Just search, install, done. Verified apps only, by default.
Google Chrome comes pre-configured with hardened settings and policies that most users would never know to set themselves, giving you strong protection right out of the box.
The system updates itself. Apps update themselves. You don't need to think about it. tetrataenite is designed to keep itself healthy so you don't have to.
No license. No account required. No subscription. No hardware requirements designed to force an upgrade. tetrataenite is open-source software, built and shared freely.
Choose your edition
tetrataenite comes in two desktop flavors. Not sure which to pick? GNOME is a safe default for most people.
tetrataenite-gnome
A clean, focused desktop designed to get out of your way. Simple, modern, and polished. The recommended choice if you're coming from Windows.
Recommendedtetrataenite-gnome-nvidia-open
The same GNOME experience, with NVIDIA drivers pre-installed and ready. For NVIDIA graphics cards from the Turing generation (RTX 20 series) or newer.
NVIDIA GPUtetrataenite-plasma
A highly customizable desktop that can be made to feel like any version of Windows, or something entirely its own. Great if you like tweaking things.
Customizabletetrataenite-plasma-nvidia-open
Full KDE Plasma with NVIDIA drivers built in. For NVIDIA graphics cards from the Turing generation (RTX 20 series) or newer.
NVIDIA GPUGet started
If you're already running Fedora Atomic (Silverblue, Kinoite, or similar), switching to tetrataenite takes just a few commands and two restarts.
This gets the signing keys onto your system. Replace tetrataenite-gnome with your chosen edition from the list above.
# Step 1 — fetch unsigned image to import signing keys
rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/evelynrp/tetrataenite-gnome
systemctl reboot
After the reboot, run this to switch to the verified, signed version of tetrataenite.
# Step 2 — switch to the signed image
rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/evelynrp/tetrataenite-gnome
systemctl reboot