I wrote a blog post about the GNOME OS hackfest we had at FOSDEM this year!

https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2026/02/18/gnome-os-hackfest-fosdem-2026/

GNOME OS Hackfest @ FOSDEM 2026

For a few days leading up to FOSDEM 2026, the GNOME OS developers met for a GNOME OS hackfest. Here are some of the things we talked about!

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@AdrianVovk Great post! Definitely need to start figuring out the documentation situation. I need to spend some time from my full time job (eg looking for a job. lol) and see where this goes.
@AdrianVovk I'm looking forward to testing stable(ish) GnomeOS on some real HW, old and relatively new.
@AdrianVovk , btw, what's missing from systemd-homed perspective?

@JigenDaisukeJr Well, we don't ship it yet.

Upstream support in GNOME hasn't landed yet. Some bits are missing in systemd. Multi-user is broken (from a UX perspective) because you need to manually specify the size of each home directory

These are all things being actively worked on by various people. But still, not yet ready

@AdrianVovk , yes , I'm aware that GnomeOS is not ready for daily use. I'm waiting for it to test and use.
And thanks for explaining the state of homed from GnomeOS perspective.
@AdrianVovk OH WOW y'all discussed what proper integration of my fex hack could look like?? niceeeee thanks!!!

@AdrianVovk Hey, I missed this.

I am currently hacking arround immutable distro with mkosi, gnome and apparmor (https://github.com/roddhjav/apparmor.d).

A bit like you have, I still have a lot of challenges, however your work on GnomeOS is massivelly usefull.

GitHub - roddhjav/apparmor.d: Full set of AppArmor policies

Full set of AppArmor policies. Contribute to roddhjav/apparmor.d development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@AdrianVovk can we daily gnomeos now??
@fluttersh If you're feeling adventurous. As the blog says, there are no promises of stability yet
@AdrianVovk we're back though gnomeos has the right idea