Spannende #magicmoments zeigt Sirrka Freigang beim #clcamp26 #clc26 #lxd für mehr Emotionen und Lernerlebnisse, die bleiben
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LXD 6.7 adds AMD GPU CDI support and enhances VM GPU passthrough with updated QEMU and EDK2 versions, improving virtualization performance.
https://linuxiac.com/lxd-6-7-container-virtual-machine-manager-released/
So I saw a blog post linked on here the other week about someone's homelab where they use #Incus to run all their containers and VMs. And I've fallen into the rabbit hole.
That post: https://linderud.dev/blog/personal-infrastructure-setup-2026/
Anyway, Incus is the fork/successor to #LXD which as recently as last year they released #IncusOS which is a very slimmed down OS for running multiple types of containers and VMs. A bit like #Proxmox in a sense.
What I like about the distro:
- Immutable
- A-side/B-side partition layout for friendlier updates
- Requires Secure Boot + TPM, resulting in encrypted drives by default
- ZFS. I've loved ZFS for many years.
It really seems like this was built for edge type deployments where secure "appliance" like things really excel yet still a net benefit elsewhere.
Since vSphere was killed, this feels pretty damn close to what I liked about it.
Can already run VMs along side "System Containers" (shared kernel + init system) and "App Containers" (what everyone calls "Docker"). I see on the roadmap support for MicroVMs (OCI container + individual kernel).
I run all of my stuff bar storage on #k3s on baremetal but there's times when I need a VM or different container behaviour than it offers.
A little #LXD helper I made recently
https://danieldewberry.com/blog/2025-12-05-ssh-into-a-lxd-instance/
SSH into a LXD instance
A CLA? Really? No thanks to anything Canonical anymore.
https://stgraber.org/2023/12/12/lxd-now-re-licensed-and-under-a-cla/
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