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100 lines
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Martin Pitt's desktop
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This is an [rpm-ostree](https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree/) based minimal
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[Fedora](https://getfedora.org/) developer desktop with the [sway window manager](https://swaywm.org/) and [podman](https://podman.io/)/[toolbox](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/toolbox/) for doing development and running less common graphical applications.
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It gets [automatically built](.github/workflows/build.yml) every week and [published to my server](https://piware.de/ostree/pitti-workstation/).
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To use it from an existing OSTree based system like [Fedora CoreOS](https://getfedora.org/coreos) or [Fedora Silverblue](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/), add my server URL as new remote and rebase your tree to it:
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```sh
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sudo ostree remote add --no-gpg-verify piware https://piware.de/ostree/pitti-workstation/
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sudo rpm-ostree rebase piware:pitti-desktop
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```
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After that, you can install weekly updates with
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```
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sudo rpm-ostree upgrade
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```
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If anything goes wrong, you can go back to the previous version with `sudo rpm-ostree rollback`.
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Original README for [workstation-ostree-config](https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config)
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=============================================
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For some background, see:
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- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/AtomicWorkstation
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- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WorkstationOstree
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(Note also this repo obsoletes https://pagure.io/atomic-ws)
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High level design
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-----------------
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The goal of the system is to be a workstation, using
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rpm-ostree for the base OS, and a combination of
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Docker and Flatpak containers, as well as virtualization
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tools such as Vagrant.
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Status
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------
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This project is actively maintained and is ready for use
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by sophisticated and interested users, but not ready
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for widespread promotion.
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See some [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/J6BJS7Z4NKNOQUZWGYXZZIEKYMWBBSUY/](discussion about the first release).
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Installing
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------------
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See the Silverblue documentation at
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https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/installation-guide/.
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There's also a guide for installing inside an existing system:
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https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/installation-dual-boot/.
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Important issues:
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- [flatpak system repo](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/113#issuecomment-247022006)
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Using the system
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--------------------
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One of the first things you should do use is use a container runtime of your
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choice to manage one or more "pet" containers. This is where you will use
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`yum/dnf` to install utilities.
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With `docker` for example, you can use the `-v /srv:/srv` command line option so
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these containers can share content with your host (such as git repositories).
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Note that if you want to share content between multiple Docker containers and
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the host (e.g. your desktop session), you should execute (once):
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```
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sudo chcon -R -h -t container_file_t /var/srv
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```
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Next, let's try flatpak. Before you do: There's a known flatpak issue on
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AtomicWS - run [this workaround](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/113#issuecomment-247022006),
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which you only need to do once. After that, [try flatpak](http://flatpak.org/apps.html).
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If you are a developer for server applications,
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try [oc cluster up](https://github.com/openshift/origin/blob/master/docs/cluster_up_down.md) to
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create a local OpenShift v3 cluster.
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Finally, try out `rpm-ostree install` to layer additional packages directly on
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the host. This is needed for "host extensions" - privileged software that
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doesn't make sense to live in a container. For example, `rpm-ostree install
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powerline` to use that software for the shell prompts of the host. Another
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good example is `rpm-ostree install vagrant-libvirt` to use [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/)
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to manage VMs.
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Future work
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-----------
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- GNOME Software support for both rpm-ostree/flatpak and possibly docker
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- automated tests that run on this content
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