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Building image-based operating system images with BuildStream and mkosi (asg2026)
BuildStream is a tool for building / integrating software stacks. In a way, it has a similar goal to bitbake / yocto and Android's repo, but takes a …
21 hours ago
Building IncusOS (asg2026)
[IncusOS](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus-os) is an immutable OS based on Debian 13 and built using mkosi. It's designed to be as secure as possibl…
21 hours ago
Disk encryption using attestation for Confidential VMs (asg2026)
When a VM is confidential (CVM), the host cannot access its memory, enabling data-in-use protection. Hardware vendors like Intel (TDX) and AMD (SEV-S…
23 hours ago
systemd: reducing impact of servicing interruptions on restart/reboot (asg2026)
When a machine/server/node is serviced and experiences a downtime, that results in a service interruption, customers or users tend to get quite sad. …
23 hours ago
Seamless Upgrades with KHO, LUO, and systemd (asg2026)
For years, kexec was the standard way to skip lengthy firmware and bootloader delays at reboot. However, in modern cloud environments, even a fast re…
1 day ago
Running mutable OS images on Confidential VMs: is there any hope? (asg2026)
Confidential VM (CVM) instance types are becoming ubiquitous, with all major cloud providers offering them as a key component for achieving “zero tru…
1 day ago
Native OS enrollment for the Linux userspace: A proposal for open APIs and protocols (asg2026)
Enterprise Linux deployments lack a standardized, native enrollment flow. Current solutions rely on distro‑specific first‑boot mechanisms (systemd-fi…
1 day, 1 hour ago
KDE Linux Under the Hood (asg2026)
KDE's new image-based Linux distribution embraces modern technologies whenever possible. We'll explore all the tools that contribute, and how they ar…
1 day, 1 hour ago
An API for systemd Machines (asg2026)
In this talk I'd like to provide a vision for accessing systemd hosts via local IPC APIs and remote RPC APIs. With the Varlinkification of systemd go…
1 day, 1 hour ago
systemd services as microvms (asg2026)
What if we could run systemd services on top of virtual cpu/memory, to get hypervisor/cpu protection of memory pages? Demo of a very much work-in-pro…
1 day, 18 hours ago