diff --git a/scripts/gitea-release.sh b/scripts/gitea-release.sh
index dcfb050..d9240cf 100755
--- a/scripts/gitea-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitea-release.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   GITEA_TOKEN=… scripts/gitea-release.sh [dir-with-files]      (default ../release/desktop)
 #
 # GITEA_TOKEN: a Gitea access token with the write:repository scope (Settings → Applications). The tag
-# v<version> must already be pushed. Files: *.AppImage, *.deb, *-setup.exe, kestrove-nmh-*, SHA256SUMS.
+# v<version> must already be pushed. Files: *.AppImage, *.deb, *.rpm, *-setup.exe, kestrove-nmh-*, SHA256SUMS.
 set -eu
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 : "${GITEA_TOKEN:?set GITEA_TOKEN (Gitea → Settings → Applications → token with write:repository)}"
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ V=$(node -p 'require("./package.json").version')
 TAG="v$V"
 AUTH="Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN"
 
-(cd "$DIR" && rm -f SHA256SUMS && shasum -a 256 -- *.AppImage *.deb *-setup.exe kestrove-nmh-* 2>/dev/null > SHA256SUMS; cat SHA256SUMS)
+(cd "$DIR" && rm -f SHA256SUMS && shasum -a 256 -- *.AppImage *.deb *.rpm *-setup.exe kestrove-nmh-* 2>/dev/null > SHA256SUMS; cat SHA256SUMS)
 
 ID=$(curl -fsS -H "$AUTH" "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/$TAG" 2>/dev/null | node -e 'let s="";process.stdin.on("data",d=>s+=d).on("end",()=>{try{console.log(JSON.parse(s).id||"")}catch{console.log("")}})')
 if [ -z "$ID" ]; then
   BODY=$(node -e 'console.log(JSON.stringify({tag_name: process.argv[1], name: "Kestrove " + process.argv[2], body: "Kestrove desktop " + process.argv[2] + " for Windows and Linux. On a Mac, use the Kestrove app from the Mac App Store instead.\n\nVerify downloads with SHA256SUMS.", draft: false, prerelease: false}))' "$TAG" "$V")
   ID=$(curl -fsS -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$BODY" "$API/repos/$REPO/releases" | node -e 'let s="";process.stdin.on("data",d=>s+=d).on("end",()=>console.log(JSON.parse(s).id))')
 fi
-for f in "$DIR"/*.AppImage "$DIR"/*.deb "$DIR"/*-setup.exe "$DIR"/kestrove-nmh-* "$DIR"/SHA256SUMS; do
+for f in "$DIR"/*.AppImage "$DIR"/*.deb "$DIR"/*.rpm "$DIR"/*-setup.exe "$DIR"/kestrove-nmh-* "$DIR"/SHA256SUMS; do
   [ -f "$f" ] || continue
   echo "uploading $(basename "$f")"
   curl -fsS -X POST -H "$AUTH" -F "attachment=@$f" "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/$ID/assets?name=$(basename "$f")" >/dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/linux.Dockerfile b/scripts/linux.Dockerfile
index 5654925..695610d 100644
--- a/scripts/linux.Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/linux.Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# Linux release bundles (AppImage + .deb) for the Gitea release, built in a clean Debian 12 container:
+# Linux release bundles (.deb + .rpm) for the Gitea release, built in a clean Debian 12 container:
 #   docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64 -f kestrove-desktop/scripts/linux.Dockerfile \
 #     --target out -o type=local,dest=release/desktop ..
 # Build context = the folder holding kestrove-core and kestrove-desktop. Debian 12's glibc (2.36) keeps
-# the AppImage runnable on most current distributions.
+# the packages installable on current distributions. No AppImage here: its runtime (and linuxdeploy) can't run
+# under the QEMU emulation used when building amd64 on Apple silicon; build it on a real x86_64 host.
 FROM rust:1-bookworm AS build
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev libssl-dev libxdo-dev \
@@ -13,10 +14,13 @@ WORKDIR /src
 COPY kestrove-core kestrove-core
 COPY kestrove-desktop kestrove-desktop
 WORKDIR /src/kestrove-desktop
-RUN npm ci --no-audit --no-fund && npm run tauri build -- --bundles appimage,deb \
-    && cd src-tauri && cargo build --release --bin kestrove-nmh
+RUN npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
+# Separate steps so a packaging failure keeps the compile in the layer cache.
+RUN cd src-tauri && cargo build --release --bins
+RUN npm run tauri build -- --bundles deb
+RUN npm run tauri build -- --bundles rpm
 
 FROM scratch AS out
-COPY --from=build /src/kestrove-desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage /
+COPY --from=build /src/kestrove-desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/rpm/*.rpm /
 COPY --from=build /src/kestrove-desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/*.deb /
 COPY --from=build /src/kestrove-desktop/src-tauri/target/release/kestrove-nmh /kestrove-nmh-linux-x86_64