I hope this synopsis appearing in The Register today is wrong about what ALP is: <quote> ... SUSE's next-generation OS, codenamed Advanced Linux Platform or ALP, aims to increase reliability by moving beyond simple snapshots by making the root file system read-only. The only way to install software, including updates, is during a reboot, using a new command, transactional-update ... If you have a cluster of hosts running lots of containers, this should not be too intrusive ... It's less convenient for a non-clustered machine ... </quote> https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/16/bulletproof_linux/ Sounds more like Alf, that furry creature with a long nose that had a citcom that was so annoying you couldn't watch it. Sounds like attempting to install software on ALP will be about the same... How many users on this list are reading this e-mail on a cluster? Apparently, ALP will be a cluster .... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.