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		sam_lowry_ on Jan 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lightweight Arch-based distro that runs, without r... How is that different from chrooting into arch linux base install? This is part of the Installation Howto IIRC.

snvzz on Jan 12, 2023 [–]

The chroot() syscall requires the user to be root.

intelVISA on Jan 12, 2023 | [–]

I was hoping for something like rootless systemd-nspawn.

snvzz on Jan 12, 2023 | | [–]

AIUI messing with namespaces and/or cgroups does also require root.

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