So you want to do fedora packaging in a Distrobox? It takes a couple of extra steps, particularly if you want to be able to do mockbuilds: $ distrobox create -i quay.io/fedora/fedora:latest -n fpkg --root --init --additional-packages 'systemd vim zsh fedora-packager copr-cli' If you happen to be on an openSUSE based system, such as MicroOS, Aeon, or Kalpa (and probably Leap, Tumbleweed, or anything else), you’ll need to do the following: ...
The story of the day As some of you may, or may not know, in general, when it comes to CLI tools for Kalpa, the existing recommendation is to use a Distrobox, and do your stuff there. This really is a perfectly fine way to do things, but it does add a layer of abstraction, running those things in a container, and can sometimes be a pain in the arse, when it comes to accessing certain things, like USB devices, etc. ...
openSUSE {Aeon,Kalpa,MicroOS}? So I was made aware of a thread on reddit where it’s brought up that folks don’t understand the relationship between openSUSE MicroOS, openSUSE Aeon, and openSUSE Kalpa. This blog post will attempt to clear up some misunderstandings and misconceptions about the relationship between the three “Distributions”. Timeline MicroOS In 2019, openSUSE released MicroOS to the community, which is a minimalist, “immutable” linux distribution, that is intended to do “one job”, deploying containers, or other workloads, while staying out of your way. ...