August 2025 CINLUG Meeting -- Bootc: Who put a kernel in my container?!

August 2025 CINLUG Meeting -- Bootc: Who put a kernel in my container?!

Containers have become the de facto choice for deploying most new applications, and all of us benefit from the isolation, portability, and the surrounding ecosystem.

Ben Breard[1] will take the Central INdiana Linux User Group on a deep dive into the world of *bootable containers*, using the same ideas, goals and technology for the host system (whether virtualized or bare metal). We’ll look at the bootc project[2] and its current flagship distribution usage in Fedora/CentOS/RHEL. Come and learn about the next chapter in immutable Linux systems!

The meeting will begin at 18:30 (6:30 PM) EDT on Wednesday, August 6th.

CINLUG thanks Moser Consulting for hosting our meetings at their Castleton facility. (There will be a phone number at the entrance to call to be let into the building.) The meeting will be simultaneously broadcast over this Jitsi Meet URL for those who cannot attend in person. (Though in-person attendance is encouraged.)

CINLUG meetings are the 1st Wednesday of every month, so please block that night off in your calendar to keep it available. (At the September meeting, Neal Gompa will speak on Btrfs. We are still looking for an August presenter.) You are also encouraged to sign up for our mailing lists[2] and follow us on various social media sites to receive announcements and participate in discussions.

[1] Ben Breard is a Senior Principal Product Manager for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, focusing on immutable operating systems. As a 15-year veteran of Red Hat, Ben is a strong supporter of open source, and enjoys helping with and discussing GitOps, containers, systemd, Kubernetes, and Linux technologies. Previously, Ben was a Solutions Architect, collaborating with enterprise accounts on cloud and infrastructure management, virtualization, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux."
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbreard/
https://mrguitar.net/?page_id=421

[2] https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc

[3] [https://www.MoserIT.com/](https://www.moserit.com/)

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