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Snout · GNOME · Series 2

Focused design,
nothing in the way

The GNOME edition of CapivaraOS. Clean desktop, curated wallpapers, full developer toolkit — and a visual identity that makes GNOME feel like it was always meant to look this way.

GNOME 51Fedora 45WaylandIn-place updateLocal AI
Snout 2 — GNOME desktop with

Complete toolkit,
native GNOME interface.

COS Dev Center and COS Config Center ship pre-installed on Snout, built with GTK4 and Libadwaita — they look and feel at home in the GNOME desktop.

COS Dev Center (left) + COS Config Center (right) open simultaneously
COS Dev Center and COS Config Center open side by side on Snout 2

COS Dev Center

Local AI, language tracks, GPU support, dev tools, GitHub CLI — five categories, one screen.

COS Config Center

Codecs, disks, firewall, keyboard, locale and more — nine modules in one Libadwaita app.

Pick a language.
mise handles the rest.

COS Dev Center installs language runtimes via mise — per-user, isolated, without touching the system. Switch versions per project. No conflicts.

Web / JS (Node.js)PythonGoRustJava
See COS Dev Center →
COS Dev Center — language track dialog
COS Dev Center language track picker showing Node.js, Python, Go, Rust and Java on Snout
GNOME Settings → Appearance — wallpaper collection
GNOME Appearance settings showing the CapivaraOS wallpapers on Snout 2

10 wallpapers,
each one original.

Every wallpaper in Snout was created specifically for CapivaraOS — from capybara portraits and botanical compositions to abstract patterns and the Series 2 circuit art. All available right in GNOME Settings.

  • Botanical — "Snout of the Year" portrait series
  • Abstract — colourful generative patterns
  • Nature — capybara landscapes and silhouettes
  • Series 2 — circuit art with CapivaraOS logo

GNOME the way
it should be

GNOME 51 + Wayland

Full Wayland session. Activities overview, dynamic workspaces and the focused GNOME workflow.

CapivaraOS identity

Custom icon set, curated extensions and 10 original wallpapers — coherent from first boot.

COS Dev Center

Local AI, language tracks via mise, GPU support, dev tools and GitHub CLI — GTK4/Libadwaita native.

COS Config Center

Nine modules in a Libadwaita panel — codecs, firewall, locale, storage and more, where you expect them.

In-place update

Signed repository, Snapper snapshots, roll back from the snapshot. Same system as Marsh and Pup.

Based on Fedora 45

Latest kernel, up-to-date packages. Firefox pre-installed. KeePassXC included.

Clean desktop.
Full toolkit.

Download Snout 2 and get GNOME with a complete developer environment, ready from first boot.