On Tue, Jan 30, 2018, at 12:22 PM, Colin Walters wrote: > > Let me put it this way; sure, you can: > `rpm-ostree install fedpkg gcc-c++ golang cargo`. > But you're not doing "Atomic Workstation" then. That said though, the message is definitely not you *can't* install packages. As I said in my rpm-ostree talk, it became much, much more practical for me to use Atomic Host on my basement "pet" server when I could `rpm-ostree install libvirt`. And in fact this very same thing is true on the desktop side; I use virt-manager still a lot, plus other apps which aren't flatpak'd yet like keepass, and actually for keepass I kind of like it comes from a distribution which theoretically has a mechanism for peer review of changes. And of course true "extension" things like powerline and VPNs. Some people may choose to e.g. install `ansible` on their host system. I personally run it from my dev container, though one thing I haven't settled on is sharing my SSH auth socket with the container. So things are fuzzy, and I think that's how it's going to be for years going forward. We now have a spectrum of tools, some with dramatic advantages over simply using yum for everything in your root filesystem; it's not free of downsides, but we'll get better at ameliorating those over time. The devel tools in "dev container" pattern though really works so well IMO there's not *too* much excuse not to do it. The main sticking point is probably IDE integration. > Let me say again just to emphasize; try containerizing your desktop first! To be clear I mean your *existing* desktop. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
