Atomic workstation

Matthew Miller mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Wed Dec 3 21:12:09 UTC 2014


On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 03:47:12PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> Out of curiosity, couldn't you have an atomic/ostree "base" layer that
> is immutable (perhaps shared between Base, Server, Cloud,
> Workstation), and then use Docker containers on top of that as the
> "live" system?  That would still fit with the "atomic is for Docker"
> approach you have today, while also giving some flexibility at the
> application layer.   One could imagine Software installations become
> "create a new Docker container with this app inside of it", which then
> leads to it be automatically sandboxed, etc.

This is _definitely_ where I'd like to see us going. (Where "Docker"
could be "some future synthesis of Docker and the LinuxApps proposal".)

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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader


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