Re:Container Linux on the Desktop [slides]
by tapoxi on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @09:32AM
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I've been running Silverblue (https://silverblue.fedoraproject.org/) for the past month or so and for the most part you can use it as a daily driver. The OS itself is an immutable image created and updated with OSTree, and you can layer RPMs on top if they don't fit a containerized workflow. For applications, you either run Flatpaks (for desktop) or Docker/OCI images through podman.
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Re:Container Linux on the Desktop [slides]
by watersb on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @04:17PM
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I am new to Silverblue, but also using it daily for the past month.
An important aspect of it, I think, is "rootless" podman -- I can create and manage containers without elevated privileges. Any required root escalation is done in the containers.
Still, it is weird. GUI apps do work, but hmm.
Solaris Zones are better-integrated than this newfangled podman stuff that you kids are using these days.