Re: openSUSE MicroOS/Tumbleweed with systemd-boot available

[Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 at 14:26, Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> JFYI openSUSE now has a MicroOS (transactional system with read-only /)
> qcow image¹ suitable for use in qemu that uses systemd-boot. The image
> is part of the Tumbleweed development process and automatically released
> (ie potentially daily). It's fully integrated with btrfs snapshots and
> rollback. As a special gimmick the image automatically encrypts itself
> on first boot. Optionally the image can also leverage a TPM or FIDO2 key
> to unlock the volume. Still quite WIP so I wouldn't recommend this for
> production use. Nevertheless worth trying out to see how a mainstream
> distro may leverage the technology.
>
> The image implements what I talked about at ASG². A more detailed
> article is available on news.o.o³. Some screenshots in the wiki⁴ and a
> video⁵ from openQA for the impatient :-)
>
> A Tumbleweed image with traditional writable file system will follow
> soon. That one will be more convenient for development.
>
> cu
> Ludwig
>
> [1]
> http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/appliances/openSUSE-MicroOS.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-sdboot.qcow2
> [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drgo6pvn5hI
> [3] https://news.opensuse.org/2023/12/20/systemd-fde/
> [4] https://en.opensuse.org/Systemd-boot#Pre-built_MicroOS
> [5] https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/5e1a934d915f
>
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That's really cool, thanks for sharing