https://jharmison.dev/tags/packages/ Recent content in packages 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> Fri, 01 May 2026 00:32:00 -0400 https://jharmison.dev/posts/bootc/00-intro/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:32:00 -0400jharmison@gmail.com (James Harmison) https://jharmison.dev/posts/bootc/00-intro/ <h2 id="what-bootc-means-to-me"> what bootc means to me <a href="#what-bootc-means-to-me" 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>I&rsquo;ve become something of a bootc fanboy lately. It started when I used bootc to help me develop and test a <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240903083533.9403-3-hdegoede@redhat.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kernel patch</a> for some work I was doing with one of my employer&rsquo;s hardware partners. I&rsquo;ve been helping my gaming friends abandon Windows <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/latest-windows-11-update-is-broken-refuses-to-install/ar-AA1ZJLko?apiversion=v2&amp;domshim=1&amp;noservercache=1&amp;noservertelemetry=1&amp;batchservertelemetry=1&amp;renderwebcomponents=1&amp;wcseo=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">p</a><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/01/21/nightmare-microsoft-update-breaks-windows-for-millions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">r</a><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-rolls-out-fix-for-broken-windows-start-menu-search/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">o</a><a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-deploys-yet-another-emergency-patch-for-windows-11-but-at-least-the-fix-for-the-broken-march-update-arrived-quickly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">b</a><a href="https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/04/29/i-investigated-windows-11s-massive-5gb-monthly-msu-updates-ai-is-only-part-of-the-problem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">l</a><a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/3126648/microsoft-confirms-remote-desktop-bug-in-aprils-windows-11-update.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">e</a><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/april-kb5083769-windows-11-update-causes-backup-software-failures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">m</a><a href="https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-is-pushing-Windows-11-24H2-users-to-25H2-while-April-update-is-breaking-machines.1284549.0.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">s</a><sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> and move to <a href="https://bazzite.gg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bazzite</a> from the folks at <a href="https://universal-blue.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Universal Blue</a> for a bulletproof, performant experience. I&rsquo;ve helped coworkers build <a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.21/html/machine_configuration/mco-coreos-layering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">custom RHCOS images</a> to enable capabilities on new hardware inside <a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.21/html/overview/ocp-overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenShift</a>. I&rsquo;ve helped <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fedora</a> community members migrate their <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/silverblue/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silverblue</a> installations to their (as yet unofficial) <a href="https://quay.io/repository/fedora/fedora-silverblue?tab=tags&amp;tag=latest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bootc equivalents</a> and get to enjoy easy, reliable package layering through derived builds instead of fighting rpm-ostree issues during major releases (like this week&rsquo;s <a href="https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-44/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fedora 44 release 🎉</a>). <a href="https://git.jharmison.dev/james/bootc-image/commit/217dfbe124dcec29264e669d84d8d5944657f749" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Here</a>&rsquo;s how I navigated the Fedora 44 upgrade, by the way.</p>