Slim device software with systemd targets and nspawn

Presenters Umut Tezduyar Lindskog Fredrik Hugosson Source All Systems Go! 2025 🚀 Level Up Your Development: Building Modular Software with Systemd and AWS EC2 🌐 Traditional software development can feel like wrestling with rigid structures. What if you could build a system that’s flexible, scalable, and ready for anything? That’s the promise of the approach explored in a recent presentation – a runtime modular software stack built around the innovative “common target” concept. Let’s dive into how they’re doing it, using Systemd, AWS EC2, and a whole lot of ingenuity. ...

October 1, 2025 · 4 min

GNOME OS' prêt-à-booter image

Presenters Valentin David Source All Systems Go! 2025 🚀 Revolutionizing Linux Installation: A Seamless & Speedy Experience 💡 Let’s face it: installing a new operating system can be a bit of a drag. Reboots, lengthy processes, and the constant worry about something going wrong – it’s not exactly a user-friendly experience. But what if installing Linux could be fast, seamless, and actually let you start using the system before the installation even finishes? That’s the promise of a truly innovative Linux installer that was recently showcased, and it’s a game-changer! ...

October 1, 2025 · 4 min

Unprivileged Containers, with Transient User Namespaces and ID Mapping, but Without SETUID Binaries

Presenters Lennart Poettering Source All Systems Go! 2025 🚀 Unveiling Transient UID Delegation: A New Era for Unprivileged Containers 🤖 The world of containerization is constantly evolving, and a recent presentation spotlighted a truly innovative approach: Transient UID Delegation. Forget the traditional complexities of subuid/subgid assignments – this new model focuses on providing temporary, on-demand UID ranges for containers, opening up exciting possibilities for enhanced security and simplified management. Let’s dive in! ...

October 1, 2025 · 3 min

Shipping Flatpak applications with an image based system

Presenters Abderrahim Kitouni Source All Systems Go! 2025 🚀 Pre-Installed Apps in Gnome OS: Navigating the Flatpak Frontier 🌐 Gnome OS aims to deliver a smooth, user-friendly experience, and a key ingredient in that is having essential applications readily available. But how do you pre-install those apps while staying true to the core principles of Flatpak – namely, sandboxing and consistency? This presentation delved deep into this challenge, exploring various solutions and their trade-offs. Let’s break down the problem and the proposed approaches. ...

October 1, 2025 · 3 min

From initramfs-tools to mkosi-initrd

Presenters Marco d'Itri Source All Systems Go! 2025 🚀 Can MKOSI Replace Debian’s Init System? A Deep Dive 🛠️ For those unfamiliar, the init system is the very first process that runs when an operating system boots. It’s the foundation upon which everything else is built. Debian, a popular Linux distribution, currently relies on a collection of shell scripts and packages for its init system. But what if we could replace it with something new, like MKOSI? Let’s explore the journey, the challenges, and the potential rewards. ...

September 30, 2025 · 4 min