by yokem55 on 5/12/2024, 1:29:32 PM
by figomore on 5/12/2024, 4:11:33 PM
Ublue Bluefin are looking for use systemd-ext too https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bluefin-is-feature-...
by INTPenis on 5/12/2024, 6:37:42 PM
This means we're finally getting a podman container OS.
https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/1964
No I don't count Fedora CoreOS because it's a full immutable Linux distro. Flatcar is more slimmed down than CoreOS.
by apitman on 5/12/2024, 9:03:17 PM
What is the current state of the "container Linux" ecosystem? It seemed like it was all the rage for a few years then sort of lost steam. Seems like a really good idea as a only moderately heavy container user.
by jamesponddotco on 5/12/2024, 2:58:19 PM
Slightly off-topic, but I wonder if there is something like Flatcar for LXC/LXD/Incus, my preferred container runtime. Would be much better than what I do right now, a locked down openSUSE host server.
by tuananh on 5/12/2024, 2:00:24 PM
i tried pop os's new DE recently and they use sysext as well
by ilovecaching on 5/12/2024, 6:46:23 PM
Long term I think bootc containers will win the war. It has better backing and the weight of Podman behind it. Sysext will likely play a role, but I think flatcar is a losing horse.
by 1oooqooq on 5/13/2024, 12:10:03 AM
it still won't allow it to work as a qubes desktop
by gtirloni on 5/12/2024, 12:48:55 PM
TLDR: Flatcar is adding systemd-sysext to allow users to customize the system and there is a repository of prebuilt extensions.
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/syst...
I've used systemd-sysext's to add system level software to my Steam Deck withough having to unseal the root partition. It's slightly annoying in that that I have to rebuild the ext's every time the system updates, but otherwise they work great.