Although it is very easy to create a systemd container with EOS, I decided to offer a prebuilt minimal container that can be imported into your system with a single command.
The container will be installed in the default location which is /var/lib/machines.
If that directory is on a BTRFS filesystem, a subvolume with the machine will be created.
Your post totally introduced me to this concept. I’ve been using docker containers for a good while now, didn’t realize systemd has something comparable.
I have no clue about Docker never seriously used it.
As for use cases, it can be used to build packages in a clean environment, or simply as a testbed, if you want to try out “dangerous” things.
It’s a powerful tool, supports cloning, ephemeral boot (i.e. changes will be lost on shutdown), resource management, can be started on host boot automatically, also has SSH support if I remember correctly.
The cool thing is that it is available OOTB on every EndeavourOS installation as part of systemd.
Thanks! However I do feel like the time of Plasmafox is up soon… I’m starting to lose interest and it is very time consuming especially when you don’t know what you’re doing
never seriously used it.
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