{"id":21405,"date":"2023-01-05T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/?p=21405"},"modified":"2023-06-19T16:40:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:40:27","slug":"the-adaptable-linux-platform-alp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/the-adaptable-linux-platform-alp\/","title":{"rendered":"The adaptable Linux Platform (ALP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is about something you maybe didn&#8217;t hear much yet: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensuse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">openSUSE<\/a> project and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SUSE<\/a> are working on a new enterprise operating system:  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.opensuse.org\/2022\/12\/22\/second-prototype-advances-alp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALP, the adaptive Linux Platform<\/a>. As of today there is the second prototype, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suse.com\/c\/alp-punta-baretti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punta Baretti<\/a>. The idea is: provide a minimal, immutable, operating system, which runs containers or virtual machines and does _not_ update any packages related to applications. This also means, that the base operating systems is not updated by the traditional package manager (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/openSUSE\/zypper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zypper<\/a>), but a command line utility which is called <a href=\"https:\/\/kubic.opensuse.org\/documentation\/man-pages\/transactional-update.8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transactional-update<\/a>. This is very much the same idea as in the relational database world when it comes to the &#8220;A&#8221; in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ACID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACID<\/a>&#8220;: Either all is done successfully, or the system is exactly in the same state it was before the update, if something failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s directly dive into the installation: If you want to try it using a virtual machine, head over <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.suse.com\/alp\/all\/single-html\/alp\/index.html#task-prepare-alp-vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. If you want to try it using an installer based on an ISO, have a look <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.suse.com\/alp\/all\/single-html\/alp\/index.html#task-deploy-alp-dinstaller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Finally, you can use a raw disk image, check <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.suse.com\/alp\/all\/single-html\/alp\/index.html#task-deploy-alp-raw-image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. For the scope of this post, we&#8217;ll use the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.opensuse.org\/openSUSE:ALP\/Workgroups\/Installation\/DInstaller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">d-installer<\/a>&#8221; approach, based on an ISO, which is an installer based on a web browser. The installation process is pretty much self explaining, so just a series of screenshots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-1.png 641w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-1-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-2.png 673w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-2-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-3-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21418\" width=\"840\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-3-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-3-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-3-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-3.png 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-5-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-5-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-5-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-5-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-5.png 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-6-1024x723.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-6-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-6-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-6-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-6.png 1133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-7-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-7-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-7-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-7-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-7.png 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-8-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-8-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-8-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-8-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-8.png 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that root access via ssh is disabled by default. Instead of enabling that, better create a new user and give sudo access, e.g. like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-9.png 541w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-9-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having that in place, we can remotely login and check the system. Indeed the root file system is read only:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: bash; highlight: [1,2,14,15]; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; cat \/etc\/fstab \nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/                       btrfs  ro                            0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c \/var btrfs subvol=\/@\/var,x-initrd.mount 0 0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/usr\/local              btrfs  subvol=\/@\/usr\/local           0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/srv                    btrfs  subvol=\/@\/srv                 0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c \/root btrfs subvol=\/@\/root,x-initrd.mount 0 0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/opt                    btrfs  subvol=\/@\/opt                 0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/home                   btrfs  subvol=\/@\/home                0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/boot\/writable          btrfs  subvol=\/@\/boot\/writable       0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/boot\/grub2\/x86_64-efi  btrfs  subvol=\/@\/boot\/grub2\/x86_64-efi  0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/boot\/grub2\/i386-pc     btrfs  subvol=\/@\/boot\/grub2\/i386-pc  0  0\nUUID=e59bfc99-d700-45f1-8b0f-4b250062ed7c  \/.snapshots             btrfs  subvol=\/@\/.snapshots          0  0\noverlay \/etc overlay defaults,lowerdir=\/sysroot\/etc,upperdir=\/sysroot\/var\/lib\/overlay\/1\/etc,workdir=\/sysroot\/var\/lib\/overlay\/work-etc,x-systemd.requires-mounts-for=\/var,x-systemd.requires-mounts-for=\/sysroot\/var,x-initrd.mount 0 0\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo touch \/aa\ntouch: cannot touch &#039;\/aa&#039;: Read-only file system\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if zypper is there, it cannot be used to install any packages:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\/usr\/bin\/zypper\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo zypper in nano\nThis is a transactional-server, please use transactional-update to update or modify the system.\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; \n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The error message is clear, if we want to update the system we need to use &#8220;transactional-update&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: bash; highlight: [1]; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo transactional-update\nChecking for newer version.\ntransactional-update 4.1.0 started\nOptions: \nSeparate \/var detected.\n2023-01-05 06:32:27 tukit 4.1.0 started\n2023-01-05 06:32:27 Options: -c1 open \n2023-01-05 06:32:27 Using snapshot 1 as base for new snapshot 2.\n2023-01-05 06:32:27 No previous snapshot to sync with - skipping\nID: 2\n2023-01-05 06:32:27 Transaction completed.\nCalling zypper up\nzypper: nothing to update\nRemoving snapshot #2...\n2023-01-05 06:32:27 tukit 4.1.0 started\n2023-01-05 06:32:27 Options: abort 2 \n2023-01-05 06:32:27 Discarding snapshot 2.\n2023-01-05 06:32:27 Transaction completed.\ntransactional-update finished\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; \n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As ALP is designed to run containers, <a href=\"https:\/\/podman.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podman<\/a> should be enabled. It is installed by default:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: bash; highlight: [1]; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo zypper se -i podman\nLoading repository data...\nReading installed packages...\n\nS | Name              | Summary                                                               | Type\n--+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------\ni | cockpit-podman    | Cockpit component for Podman containers                               | package\ni | podman            | Daemon-less container engine for managing containers, pods and images | package\ni | podman-cni-config | Basic CNI configuration for podman                                    | package\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enabling podman to run by default is just a matter of enabling the systemd service:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: bash; first-line: 1; highlight: [1,3]; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo systemctl enable --now podman.service\nCreated symlink \/etc\/systemd\/system\/default.target.wants\/podman.service \u2192 \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/podman.service.\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo systemctl status podman.service\n\u25cb podman.service - Podman API Service\n     Loaded: loaded (\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/podman.service; enabled; preset: disabled)\n     Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2023-01-05 06:37:24 UTC; 1s ago\n   Duration: 5.200s\nTriggeredBy: \u25cf podman.socket\n       Docs: man:podman-system-service(1)\n    Process: 1655 ExecStart=\/usr\/bin\/podman $LOGGING system service (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)\n   Main PID: 1655 (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)\n        CPU: 130ms\n\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain systemd&#x5B;1]: Starting Podman API Service...\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain systemd&#x5B;1]: Started Podman API Service.\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain podman&#x5B;1655]: time=&quot;2023-01-05T06:37:19Z&quot; level=info msg=&quot;\/usr\/bin\/podman filtering at log level info&quot;\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain podman&#x5B;1655]: 2023-01-05 06:37:19.839690815 +0000 UTC m=+0.147024259 system refresh\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain podman&#x5B;1655]: time=&quot;2023-01-05T06:37:19Z&quot; level=info msg=&quot;Setting parallel job count to 7&quot;\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain podman&#x5B;1655]: time=&quot;2023-01-05T06:37:19Z&quot; level=info msg=&quot;Using systemd socket activation to determine API endpoint&quot;\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain podman&#x5B;1655]: time=&quot;2023-01-05T06:37:19Z&quot; level=info msg=&quot;API service listening on \\&quot;\/run\/podman\/podman.sock\\&quot;. URI: \\&quot;\/run\/podman\/podman.sock\\&quot;&quot;\nJan 05 06:37:19 localhost.localdomain podman&#x5B;1655]: time=&quot;2023-01-05T06:37:19Z&quot; level=info msg=&quot;API service listening on \\&quot;\/run\/podman\/podman.sock\\&quot;&quot;\nJan 05 06:37:24 localhost.localdomain systemd&#x5B;1]: podman.service: Deactivated successfully.\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the containers that come by default is the <a href=\"https:\/\/cockpit-project.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cockpit<\/a> container. To bring it up:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: bash; highlight: [1,20,46]; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo podman search cockpit-ws\nERRO&#x5B;0000] error getting search results from v2 endpoint &quot;registry.suse.com&quot;: unable to retrieve auth token: invalid username\/password: errors:\ndenied: requested access to the resource is denied\nunauthorized: authentication required \nNAME                                                                                                             DESCRIPTION\nregistry.opensuse.org\/home\/eisest\/container\/container\/opensuse\/cockpit-ws                                        \nregistry.opensuse.org\/home\/jreidinger\/suse_alp_workloads_sle_15sp4_containerfiles\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/cockpit-ws  \nregistry.opensuse.org\/home\/luc14n0\/containers\/container\/opensuse\/cockpit-ws                                      \nregistry.opensuse.org\/opensuse\/cockpit-ws                                                                        \nregistry.opensuse.org\/opensuse\/factory\/arm\/totest\/containers\/opensuse\/cockpit-ws                                 \nregistry.opensuse.org\/opensuse\/factory\/powerpc\/totest\/containers\/opensuse\/cockpit-ws                             \nregistry.opensuse.org\/opensuse\/factory\/zsystems\/totest\/containers\/opensuse\/cockpit-ws                            \nregistry.opensuse.org\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/publish\/tumbleweed_containerfiles\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/cockpit-ws         \nregistry.opensuse.org\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/tumbleweed_containerfiles\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/cockpit-ws                 \ndocker.io\/stefwalter\/cockpit-ws                                                                                  Cockpit Webservice in a Privileged Container\ndocker.io\/port\/cockpit-ws                                                                                        \ndocker.io\/sujitfulse\/cockpit-ws-ppc64le                                                                          \ndocker.io\/alastair87\/cockpit-ws                                                                                  \ndocker.io\/dvdbrander\/cockpit-ws   \npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo podman container runlabel install registry.opensuse.org\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/tumbleweed_containerfiles\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/cockpit-ws:latest\nTrying to pull registry.opensuse.org\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/tumbleweed_containerfiles\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/cockpit-ws:latest...\nGetting image source signatures\nCopying blob 0dad567d9346 done  \nCopying blob c7faa4ba95bf done  \nCopying config 9f0fe3fccd done  \nWriting manifest to image destination\nStoring signatures\n+ sed -e \/pam_selinux\/d -e \/pam_sepermit\/d \/etc\/pam.d\/cockpit\n+ mkdir -p \/host\/etc\/cockpit\/ws-certs.d \/host\/etc\/cockpit\/machines.d\n+ chmod 755 \/host\/etc\/cockpit\/ws-certs.d \/host\/etc\/cockpit\/machines.d\n+ chown root:root \/host\/etc\/cockpit\/ws-certs.d \/host\/etc\/cockpit\/machines.d\n+ mkdir -p \/etc\/ssh\n+ &#039;&#x5B;&#039; podman = oci -o podman = podman &#039;]&#039;\n+ &#039;&#x5B;&#039; -n registry.opensuse.org\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/tumbleweed_containerfiles\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/cockpit-ws:latest &#039;]&#039;\n+ &#039;&#x5B;&#039; &#039;!&#039; -e \/host\/etc\/systemd\/system\/cockpit.service &#039;]&#039;\n+ mkdir -p \/host\/etc\/systemd\/system\/\n+ cat\n+ \/bin\/mount --bind \/host\/etc\/cockpit \/etc\/cockpit\n+ \/usr\/libexec\/cockpit-certificate-ensure\n\/usr\/libexec\/cockpit-certificate-helper: line 25: sscg: command not found\nGenerating a RSA private key\n..............................+++++\n..............................................................................+++++\nwriting new private key to &#039;0-self-signed.key&#039;\n-----\npostgres@localhost:~&gt; sudo podman container runlabel --name cockpit-ws run registry.opensuse.org\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/tumbleweed_containerfiles\/suse\/alp\/workloads\/cockpit-ws:latest\nfb0ddfd99c7a7afac462e4f74bb11762036d67699fc3fa108d7978ed24a84245\n              \n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once it is running the Cockpit web interface can be accessed at https:\/\/[hostname]:9090:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-10.png 683w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-10-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-11-1024x356.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-11-1024x356.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-11-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-11-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-11-1536x534.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/alp-11.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several other containers \/ workloads are available <a href=\"https:\/\/build.opensuse.org\/project\/show\/SUSE:ALP:Workloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Have fun exploring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is about something you maybe didn&#8217;t hear much yet: The openSUSE project and SUSE are working on a new enterprise operating system: ALP, the adaptive Linux Platform. As of today there is the second prototype, called Punta Baretti. 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