https://jharmison.dev/tags/examples/ Recent content in examples on james Hugo en-us jharmison@gmail.com (James Harmison) jharmison@gmail.com (James Harmison) <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a> Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:22:00 -0400 https://jharmison.dev/posts/bootc/02-practicality/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:22:00 -0400jharmison@gmail.com (James Harmison) https://jharmison.dev/posts/bootc/02-practicality/ <h2 id="how-the-computer-works"> how the computer works <a href="#how-the-computer-works" class="anchor-link"><svg class="heading-link-icon" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="18" height="18" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"> <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path> </svg></a> </h2> <p>If a Linux Distribution is, <a href="https://jharmison.dev/posts/bootc/00-intro/">as previously discussed</a>, a collection of packages that have been built and linked together, then really what it is, as you consume it on a running system, is called your &ldquo;filesystem root.&rdquo; Meaning that those packages contain files, information on where to put them, and maybe some scripts to describe how to link them into other parts of your system (or rather, the result of having run those scripts).</p>