----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Miller" <maxamill...@fedoraproject.org> > To: atomic-devel@projectatomic.io > Sent: Friday, May 8, 2015 3:38:24 PM > Subject: [atomic-devel] Anyone working on using ProjectAtomic for the desktop? > > Hello all, > This might be a wildly off in the weeds topic but I thought this > was the best place to bring it up. I've recently been shooting the > breeze with Jim Perrin of the CentOS project on IRC about the idea of > running a desktop image from inside a docker container (it works, but > getting it to work as non-root is still evading us, I'm sure we're > missing something silly). > Those conversations kind of lead to the idea of running > ProjectAtomic as a desktop/laptop OS such that the core system is > managed in a stable and atomic fashion via rpm-ostree and applications > run inside of containers (docker, rkt, systemd-nspawn/machinectl, > $whatever) using 'atomic install' as the application lifecycle > mechanism. I'm unsure if the concept of running the desktop in a > container as a super privileged container is the best approach, but it > is one idea. I mostly wanted to bring all this up and talk a little > about the background just to see what others thought and if there's > anything in this space that would offer a reasonably elegant solution > to the question, "how do I run ProjectAtomic as my desktop/laptop OS?" > > Apologies in advance if I'm just spouting from crazy town and thanks > for humoring me. :)
I'm totally into it! Haven't tried it yet. I'm interested in a chromeos type setup, but with a self-hosted web apps focus to it, using docker to host those. If the graphical elements were kludgey to run as SPCs, then a custom atomic image could provide them installed more traditionally, and they'd still partake in atomic updates. Jason > > -AdamM > >
