VanillaOS: Immutable Ubuntu-Based Linux

Re:VanillaOS: Immutable Ubuntu-Based Linux by Octabrain on Saturday December 31, 2022 @10:02AM (#34197001)

I have been tempted recently to install Fedora Silverblue for trying it a daily driver in a spare computer I have at home, however, I read in many forums people having to implement some nasty workarounds for common things I use (e.g Docker/Podman). Perhaps in a near future when I have more time.

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Re:VanillaOS: Immutable Ubuntu-Based Linux by bogwog on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:34PM (#34199254)

Technically you can install whatever you want the traditional way by "layering" it on your base image. I.e. just do a `rpm-otree install <package>` instead of `dnf install <package>` then reboot.

The hard/fun part is just figuring out a way to install and use the software you want without doing that, since that kind of defeats the purpose of using silverblue in the first place. In most cases, you can use a flatpak, a toolbox, or a container.

However, if you can't figure it out, there's no real harm in giving up and layering whatever you want.

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Re:VanillaOS: Immutable Ubuntu-Based Linux by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:54PM (#34199483)

I'm confused by this statement since podman is an included component due to being the underpinning of toolbox.

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Re:VanillaOS: Immutable Ubuntu-Based Linux by Octabrain on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:13PM (#34208936)

Sorry, my bad. I misremembered. It's just Docker the thing I read about people having issues with.

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