Adopt kiwi-ng for builing images

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [39.0.0] - 2024-06-02
+### Changed
+- Adopt kiwi-ng for builing images
+### Removed
+- Kickstart scripts
+
 ## Fedora 39 - 2023-12-23
 ### Changed
 - Minimize apps in favour of Flatpak

Containerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:39
-ADD tools/ks-package-list.py /usr/local/bin/ks-package-list
-RUN chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/ks-package-list && \
-dnf --assumeyes --setopt='tsflags=nodocs' --setopt='install_weak_deps=False' \
-install bash-completion pykickstart lorax-lmc-novirt && \
+RUN dnf --assumeyes --setopt='tsflags=nodocs' --setopt='install_weak_deps=False' \
+install bash-completion distribution-gpg-keys kiwi-cli kiwi-systemdeps && \
 dnf --assumeyes clean all && \
 rm /etc/rpm/* -rf

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Fedora Remix
 
 ## Purpose
-This project is a [Fedora Remix][01] and aims to offer a complete system for multipurpose usage with localization support. You can [download a live image][02] and try the software, and then install it in your PC if you want.
+This project is a [Fedora Remix][01] and aims to offer a complete system for multipurpose usage with localization support.
+You can [download a live image][02] and try the software, and then install it in your PC if you want.
 You can also customize the image starting from available scripts.
 
 Other goals of this remix are:
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ Other goals of this remix are:
 * Flatpak apps usage
 
 ## How to build the LiveCD
-[See a detailed description][03] of how to build the live media.
+[See a detailed description][03] about how to build the live media.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 >
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@ $ sudo setenforce 0
 ```
 
 ### Prepare the working directories
-Clone the project to get sources:
+Clone the project into your `<source-path>` to get sources:
 
 ```shell
 $ git clone https://github.com/mbugni/fedora-remix.git /<source-path>
 ```
 
-Choose or create a `/<target-path>` where to put results.
+Choose or create a `<target-path>` folder where to put results.
 
 ### Prepare the build container
 Install Podman:
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ Initialize the container by running an interactive shell:
 
 ```shell
 $ sudo podman run --privileged --network=host -it --volume=/dev:/dev:ro \
- --volume=/<source-path>:/live/source:ro --volume=/<target-path>:/live/target \
- --name=livebuild-fc39 --hostname=livebuild-fc39 livebuild:fc39 /usr/bin/bash
+--volume=/<source-path>:/live/source:ro --volume=/<target-path>:/live/target \
+--name=livebuild-fc39 --hostname=livebuild-fc39 livebuild:fc39 /usr/bin/bash
 ```
 
 The container can be reused and upgraded multiple times. See [Podman docs][06] for more details.
@@ -59,39 +60,27 @@ $ sudo podman start -ia livebuild-fc39
 ```
 
 ### Build the image
-
-Run build commands inside the container.
-
-#### Prepare the kickstart file
-
-Choose a version (eg: KDE workstation with italian support) and then create a single Kickstart file from the source code:
+First, start the build container if not running:
 
 ```shell
-[] ksflatten --config /live/source/kickstarts/l10n/kde-workstation-it_IT.ks \
- --output /live/target/fc39-kde-workstation.ks
+$ sudo podman start livebuild-fc39
 ```
 
-#### Check dependencies (optional)
-Run the `ks-package-list` command if you need to check Kickstart dependencies:
-
-```shell
-[] ks-package-list --releasever 39 --format "{name}" --verbose \
- /live/target/fc39-kde-workstation.ks > /live/target/fc39-kde-packages.txt
-```
+Choose a variant (eg: KDE workstation with italian support) that corresponds to a profile (eg: `Workstation-it_IT`).
 
-Use the `--help` option to get more info about the tool:
+Available profiles/variants are:
+* `Minimal` (console only, mainly for testing)
+* `Desktop` (minimal KDE environment with basic tools)
+* `Workstation` (KDE environment with more features like printing and scanning support)
 
-```shell
-[] ks-package-list --help
-```
+For each variant you can append `-it_IT` to get italian localization (eg: `Desktop-it_IT`).
 
-#### Create the live image
-Build the .iso image by running the `livemedia-creator` command:
+Build the .iso image by running the `kiwi-ng` command:
 
 ```shell
-[] livemedia-creator --no-virt --nomacboot --make-iso --project='Fedora' \
- --releasever=39 --tmp=/live/target --logfile=/live/target/lmc-logs/livemedia.log \
- --ks=/live/target/fc39-kde-workstation.ks
+$ sudo podman exec livebuild-fc39 kiwi-ng --profile=Workstation-it_IT --type=iso \
+--shared-cache-dir=/live/target/cache system build \
+--description=/live/source/kiwi-descriptions --target-dir=/live/target
 ```
 
 The build can take a while (30 minutes or more), it depends on your machine performances.
@@ -104,17 +93,11 @@ $ sudo podman image rm livebuild:fc39
 ```
 
 ## Transferring the image to a bootable media
-Install live media tools:
-
-```shell
-$ sudo dnf install livecd-iso-to-mediums
-```
-
-Create a bootable USB/SD device using the .iso image:
+You can use a tool like [Ventoy][07] to build multiboot USB devices, or simply transfer the image to a single
+USB stick using the `dd` command:
 
 ```shell
-$ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr \
- /<target-path>/lmc-work-<code>/images/boot.iso /dev/sd<X>
+$ dd if=/<target-path>/Fedora-Remix.x86_64-<version>.iso of=/dev/<stickdevice>
 ```
 
 ## Post-install tasks
@@ -145,7 +128,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog][05].
 
 [01]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Remix
 [02]: https://github.com/mbugni/fedora-remix/releases
-[03]: https://weldr.io/lorax/lorax.html
+[03]: https://osinside.github.io/kiwi
 [04]: http://flagpedia.net/data/flags/mini/it.png
 [05]: https://keepachangelog.com/
-[06]: https://docs.podman.io/
+[06]: https://docs.podman.io/
+[07]: https://www.ventoy.net/