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+"cartridge" (disk image) based pragmatic security focused distro.
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+disk images for a variety of use cases sit in /img/ on the largest blk device.
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+you choose which one gets mounted as root on boot.
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+a simple wrapper for qemu allows you boot the other images as virtual machines.
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+this allows testing of kernel and all dependencies. if you 
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+helper scripts allow you to promote the contents of the image to the main kernel and initramdisk to the primary boot slot.
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+this effectively gives you some of the immutability features of nix, with the flexibility of ubuntu/debian.
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+unique applications:
+QEMU virtualization tooling. helper functions with optional persistence.
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+DNS and application level firewalls.
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