Zak May 11
Currently turning my netbook from 2009 into a terminal running Fedora minimal. I figure I can install Homebrew and just do whatever I want with it like that.
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Side note: I wish there was a Fedora Silverblue minimal. This will be my only device not using an atomic OS.
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Show threadZak May 12
I ended up swapping to Sway Atomic and just automating the drop to a tty with cage (layered) and foot. This way, it stays super lightweight and I have the benefit of a Wayland session and a nice terminal with more colors and such. Install Homebrew, add a few tools, and we've got a working modern terminal with Linux 7.0 on a 17 year old netbook!
Show threadthese machines will destroy US.May 11
@zak be interested in hearing your tech stack on that machine. Battery life prob insane.
Show threadZak May 11
@cienmilojos Oh it's awful. Without proper power management, the device stays hot at all times. Or at least it did with a GUI. I'll have to see how it works out without one.
Show threadsudonemMay 12

@zak So. I’m at the Red Hat Summit this week and there is discussion about something you might be interested in.

bootc (the main tool for RHEL Image Mode) allows you to basically create your own immutable OS image. It’s sort of like… rolling your own distro but using tools similar to creating docker container images rather than compiling from scratch.

The intent is of course virtualization - but you can deploy them on bare metal.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/bootc/bare-metal/

It may be a heavier lift than you want to mess with - but it’s pretty interesting nonetheless.

#bootc #fedora #rhel #imagemode #RedHatSummit

Using image mode for RHEL to build, deploy, and manage operating systems | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 10 | Red Hat Documentation

Using image mode for RHEL to build, deploy, and manage operating systems | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 10 | Red Hat Documentation

Show threadZak May 12
@sudonem I've been meaning to mess with this after hearing @jorge talk about it a lot. I love the idea and I'm sure that I'm going to get into doing this eventually, especially for my older devices that might need a little bit of help.
Show threadNick FosterMay 12
@zak is Fedora Minimal the best OS for this kind of case? Not trying to snark, genuinely asking. I have an old thinkpad that can’t run Ubuntu, BARELY runs Lubuntu, and I’m interested in trying other lightweight distros but I don’t know where to start really
Show threadZak May 12
@njf It depends on the hardware you're working with. This netbook just so happens to be x64 compatible and has 2GB of RAM. If it was any weaker, probably not. I might go with antiX or MX Linux in that case.
Show threadNick FosterMay 12
@zak thanks! I will give that a shot!
Show threadAuroraMay 12
@zak i think the most close you can get is the fedora-bootc image. It is pretty barebones afaik
Show threadZak May 12
@getaurora I'll have to take a look into this. I had no idea that it existed.