Bootable Containers: Future of the Linux Desktop

I would like to introduce people to bootc or Bootable Containers, a new project that looks poised to take the Linux world by storm. RedHat sure thinks so, but I do too.

Essentially all it entails is putting the Linux kernel into a Docker container. But the trick is that it is bootable. You can use a dockerfile to create your own custom OS image and deploy it to your personal machines, at work, or share it as your own custom "distro"

I'll go over some history of ChromeOS and atomic updates, A/B boot, ostree (Container Linux and flatcar/coreOS). And how we got where we are and how I believe that container tooling is much more abundant and accessible than similar systems like Nix.

Take a quick look at the future where companies and individuals can will be able to verify all of the code running on their machine via container signing, hermetic builds, composefs, UKI.

I'd like to clear up some misconceptions about "immutable" OSes. Show off how and why using an OS with guard rails encourages good/smarter behavior and doesn't have to be restrictive.

I'll demo how it works and how I manage my own personal infrastructure via Bootable Containers

• Linux in the Cloud dominates, but falls way behind on Desktop. This may change that.

• Containers are fun, cool and weird

• This is the year of the Linux Desktop