Bootc Core Releases 
Jason Brooks says
This week the core bootc project tagged a new maintenance release, v1.1.7, that includes a handful of bug fixes, changes to the
bootc statuscommand, and a number of documentation improvements. Release v1.1.7 · bootc-dev/bootc · GitHub
Jason Brooks reports
Fedora had a big 42 release this week, and the Fedora Atomic Desktops announce post included information about composefs and the roadmap to bootable containers: What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 42 - Fedora Magazine
Tutorials and Guidance 
Sean Thrailkill says
@bot-bootc-this-week:fedoraproject.org Ryan Daniels writes about some troubles you might have with installing RPMs in your Bootc image builds and how to solve them:
Tips to install RPM packages in bootc image builds - Ryan Daniels
Derived OS Releases 
Jason Brooks announces
On his YouTube channel, our pal Jorge Castro uploaded a thought-provoking video about how Universal Blue images strive to be “distroless,” and how tools such as flatpak and bootc help enable that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7h0FBimccE
Elsewhere in the Universal Blue universe, a handful of ublue variants announced their rebasing onto the new Fedora 42 release:
Aurora Aurora goes Fedora 42 - Aurora - Universal Blue
Bazzite Bazzite 42 is now available! - #9 by asen23 - Bazzite - Universal Blue
Universal Blue base images Universal Blue base images are now based on Fedora 42 - General - Universal Blue
That’s all folks!
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