Immutable images for Debian servers, laptops and phones

Contact

irc://irc.oftc.net/debian-immutable (https://matrix.to/#/#debian-immutable:matrix.debian.social)

Tools

Tools for building and maintaining immutable OS images packaged in Debian:

debos + ostree
live-build: Build live system
mkosi: Build OS images (uses systemd tooling for A/B updates, partitioning, etc)

Bugs

Issues related to immutable systems: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=debian-immutable;users=debian-immutable@lists.debian.org

Talks

Talks related to immutable Debian

An introduction to immutable OS images (manut)
Lernstick Linux: a portable distro for education and e-assessments (Jörg Berkel) - immutable stick for education
Immutable Debian systems using shim and systemd-boot (Tobias Deiminger)
🐅 The Phosh BengalOS Roadshow 🐅 (agx) - immutable images for phones

Immutable Debian derivatives

Tails - A portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship
Modian - Generate and manage Debian-based read-only images with support for monolithic updates and reverts
BengalOS - OS Images of Phosh's Nightly Builds