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Episode: Extending Fedora Atomic Desktops using systemd system extensions (asg2025)
Description: On image based desktops distributions such as Fedora Atomic desktops and Universal Blue, users are expected to run their graphical applications using Flatpaks and their command line ones using containers. But that approach does not work well for some applications that require more privileges, direct access to devices or kernel interfaces.
With systemd system extensions (sysexts), it is possible to extend an image based system on demand. Sysexts come with a lot of advantages: they can be created out of arbitrary content (not only packages), are quickly enabled or disabled and can be built and shared independently of the main...