Bootc Core Releases 
Jason Brooks announces
composefs v1.0.8 release: Release v1.0.8 · containers/composefs · GitHub
Bootc Meetings and Status Updates 
Jason Brooks reports
This week at the bootc initiative meeting we returned from the holidays with a short discussion of how we might continue our work once the initiative has run its course: meeting-notes/2025-01-07.md · 0236782029d5ead1f987689dfa225d5a42dd7072 · fedora / bootc / Issue Tracker · GitLab
Derived OS Releases 
Jason Brooks announces
The folks for Bazzite posted a New Year update: Bazzite Update: Happy New Year, Sleep Fixes, Smoother Updates (bootc), Fan Curves, GPD, + more devices - Bazzite - Universal Blue
imbev reports
With this month’s post of This Month in HeliumOS, we are proud to release HeliumOS 10 Alpha! Thank you to the bootc contributors, package maintainers, and everyone else who made this possible!
Jason Brooks announces
While trolling the Web for bootc news today, I came across the CentOS and bootc-based Space Grade Linux, which describes itself as, “an advanced Linux-based operating system designed to meet the rigorous demands of aerospace, satellite, and other high-reliability environments.” GitHub - containers/space-grade-linux: Space Grade Linux is an advanced Linux-based operating system designed to meet the rigorous demands of aerospace, satellite, and other high-reliability environments.
Community Videos 
Jason Brooks reports
Jorge Castro posted a video about a CentOS Stream 10-based prototype of a Bluefin LTS release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPqsK9lNPc
That’s all folks!
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