Nemeski to Linux@programming.dev • 7 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-square@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•edit-27 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-square@FizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilink1•7 months agoInteresting, so that’s sort of customising the image somehow? Does it use an overlay FS or something?
minus-square@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•7 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: