Nemeski@lemm.ee to Linux@programming.dev · 2 months agoKDE's New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snaplinuxiac.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down11cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaree8d79linkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months ago What if I want to install a package that isn’t already installed and isn’t available as a Flatpak/Snap? Then you just layer it.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoInteresting, so that’s sort of customising the image somehow? Does it use an overlay FS or something?
minus-squaree8d79linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe silverblue docs explain it best: When a package is installed with rpm-ostree, a new OS image is composed by adding the RPM payload to the existing OS image, and creating a new, combined image.
Then you just layer it.
Interesting, so that’s sort of customising the image somehow? Does it use an overlay FS or something?
The silverblue docs explain it best: