Hi All
Today @bupd showed me what #bootc is. Honestly I find it cool, even though I'm yet to find it's use case.
But I wanna try running bootc from my #NixOS. So far with quick online search, I couldn't find any.
Also he mentioned some problems of making nixos based bootc images if I understand it correctly.

Will ponder and explore these.
I'm thinking of 2 ways:
1) adding bootc image to bootloader menu
2) using nixos specialisations to create bootc or bootc like environment
#containers

@vivekanandanks @bupd follow @jarkko for a bootc OS based on buildroot.

@wamserma @bupd @jarkko

Actually on some closer look at bootc 's aim, it was pretty what nixos does already. They are trying to figure out through containers way. Those people in bootc will love Nix if they understand that their goals has been already met years ago through Nix for not just nixos, but also for various other projects like nix shells, packaging, etc etc
#bootc #nixos #nix #containers

@wamserma @vivekanandanks @bupd

I tried both Yocto and NixOS for the project but most of the stuff that they provide is overhead. E.g. in NixOS nix itself is overhead. I feel that using them makes kind of distribution or packaging shenanigans somewhat irrelevant and Buildroot provides flat build environment so...

@wamserma @bupd @vivekanandanks plus maximum control of everything such as file system layout and all the software included. I can pass the "forum fights" or ignore the community part (however you want to put it :-)).

@bupd @vivekanandanks @wamserma If I was heavily involved with some distribution, perhaps I would pick that but I'm working mainly with upstream and also I've built images with Buildroot for the past 19 years regularly. Learning some weird distro tools and concepts just plain does not play out for me too well.

@jarkko
Yet we learn a new technology like containers etc to work with 🥲. If given a little bit more time, ull understand why nix's approach is very powerful. The fundamental design and it's benefits is far far greater than any other existence. Give it another try when u can. Since nix is pure functional by design, what u learn is portable and reusable across decades.

@bupd
@wamserma
@jarkko

Upon some pondering in the bootc 's goals : https://containers.github.io/bootable/

I fell in love with nix and nixos a lot more again❤️

Nix and NixOS doing bootc's goals for
long time with it's fundamental design. I request people using bootc please check out the awesome tech called as Nix and NixOS. It does more than what bootc 's goals are in a much more elegant way.

Why nix have to be this good😭😭❤️❤️

#nix #nixos #bootc #containers #boot