aarch64: an inventory, and a decline with conditions
P3-04 asks whether DeskOS can build and boot on aarch64, and accepts "declines"
Consumer-side image authenticity
Status no key file, no
Browsers: RPM or Flatpak
Question: for a browser on a managed fleet, is the vendor's RPM or a Flatpak the
Durable evidence for a published digest
Status: implemented and exercised, 2026-10-26. The R2 buckets,
The desktop as a package list, not a group
Question: can a DeskOS platform install the GNOME desktop from an explicit package
What DeskOS takes from the GNOME HIG
The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines are
The handoff contract
What a consumer needs to verify a DeskOS artifact without this repository, its
Validating identity the way a fleet needs it
Status: design note, 2026-10-27. The FreeIPA check landed in
The installer payload
Status: accepted, 2026-10-26. The installer tree floats, and
Lifecycle A → B → A on CentOS Stream 10
Status: design, evaluator, driver and a weekly workflow on main
How a workstation authenticates to the network, and who supplies what
Two authentications are easy to conflate: the network (802.1X, before and
Promotion of one tested digest
Status871e59cc…,
What differs between two builds, and what matters
The compiler is deterministic: the same resources produce the same Plan, byte for
Who answers for a secure installation
A machine that boots is not a machine that boots safely, and the parts that make it
How other desktops test a session
Surveyed 2026-10-29. Informs session-e2e.md.
Session E2E through accessibility
Status: scenario 1 implemented 2026-10-29 (run 40795106343, both images);
Tracking the checksum-pinned resources
Status: implemented (2026-10-27). A pin can be found, checked and moved when
What we watch upstream, and when it forces a change
DeskOS inherits defaults from a base image, a desktop and a set of packages. This
Visual identity, boot splash and VM QA
Status: slices 1 (first-boot wallpaper), 2 (GDM login logo), 3