Full gaming setup out of the box, or strip it down to a clean KDE desktop with automatic rollback. You choose what gets installed. Setting up bootable snapshots on Fedora manually takes hours — Ludora does it automatically. See how it works →
System Recovery
Ludora automatically creates bootable Btrfs snapshots before and after every system update. If something breaks, just reboot, select a snapshot from GRUB, and restore your system to a working state.
All snapshots appear in your boot menu. Choose any previous state of your system.
A popup asks if you want to restore from this snapshot. Click yes, reboot, and you're back to a working system.
Snapshots are created automatically before and after DNF package operations. No manual intervention needed.
openSUSE-style integration with GRUB means every snapshot is bootable. No live USB needed for recovery.
Test new kernels, drivers, or updates with confidence. You're always one reboot away from a working system.
Setting up bootable Btrfs snapshots on Fedora manually is surprisingly complicated. The default Anaconda installer doesn't support the subvolume layout needed, so it requires manual post-install configuration before installing and setting up snapper, grub-btrfs, and DNF plugins.
Ludora handles all of this automatically during installation using a custom Calamares configuration. You get openSUSE-style snapshot protection on Fedora's stable base, with zero manual setup required.
Modular Installer
All five component groups are pre-selected for a full gaming setup. Deselect any of them during installation — Ludora installs exactly what you choose.
Full gaming setup. All five components selected — the default. Install and you're ready to game immediately.
Pick and choose. Deselect the gaming components you don't want. Each group is independent.
ffmpeg and GStreamer plugins for video and audio playback
Ludora theme, Fastfetch system info, and custom KDE defaults
Gaming kernel with BORE scheduler and CachyOS performance patches. Deselect to use the standard Fedora kernel.
Vulkan drivers, GameMode, Gamescope, VkBasalt, and Vulkan tools
Steam, Discord, ProtonPlus, LACT, and GOverlay
Not a gamer?
Deselect the Gaming Stack and Gaming Applications during installation and you get a clean Fedora 44 KDE desktop with bootable snapshots and multimedia codecs — no Steam, no gaming tools, just a stable base that's hard to break.
What's included
Everything a modern gaming system needs — or just the parts you want. Built on the stability and security of Fedora.
Optimized for low-latency gaming with BORE scheduler and CachyOS performance patches. Responsive under load, smooth frame delivery.
openSUSE-style automatic snapshots before and after every system update. Boot into any previous state directly from GRUB. One-click rollback script included.
Steam, Proton-GE, MangoHud, and full codec support pre-installed. Launch Steam, download your library, play. No driver hunts.
Custom Ludora theme with clean aesthetics and gaming-focused defaults. Fast, familiar, and stays out of your way.
Built on Fedora 44 stable base. Proven package ecosystem, robust SELinux security, and predictable six-month release cycle.
All custom packages built and maintained in public COPR. Transparent build logs, automatic updates, reproducible from source.
Five independent component groups. Install the full gaming setup or strip it down to a clean KDE desktop with snapshots. You decide at install time.
See it in action
A look at the snapshot boot menu and the default desktop environment.
Transparency
No marketing fluff. Just the facts.
Ludora 44.2 is available now. Automatic snapshots work, the custom kernel is stable, and gaming works out of the box. This is a personal project, not a commercial product.
Anyone comfortable with Fedora or Linux in general who wants automatic rollback built in. That includes gamers who want a ready-to-go gaming system, and non-gamers who just want a stable KDE desktop that's hard to break.
Ludo is Latin for "I am playing." The second half nods to Fedora, the distribution it's built on. Simple etymology.
Get started
ISO hosted on SourceForge. Write to USB with Fedora Media Writer or Balena Etcher. Boot and install.