--- title: A new way to develop on Linux | daily.dev description: The collaboration between Codethink and the GNOME Foundation has introduced sysext-utils, a set of tools designed to improve the developer experience for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-way-to-develop-on-linux-xubrtaohq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A new way to develop on Linux | daily.dev og:description: The collaboration between Codethink and the GNOME Foundation has introduced sysext-utils, a set of tools designed to improve the developer experience for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-way-to-develop-on-linux-xubrtaohq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xUBrtaohQ.png og:image:alt: A new way to develop on Linux og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A new way to develop on Linux **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 6 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The collaboration between Codethink and the GNOME Foundation has introduced sysext-utils, a set of tools designed to improve the developer experience for building and testing system components on Linux. These tools, built on systemd-sysext and other build systems, enable safer and more efficient iteration by temporarily applying system extensions that revert on reboot. This approach mitigates risks associated with developing on immutable operating systems, allowing for safer testing and artifact building directly on CI. Future work aims to further enhance this workflow. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-way-to-develop-on-linux-xubrtaohq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A new way to develop on Linux","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-way-to-develop-on-linux-xubrtaohq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-way-to-develop-on-linux-xubrtaohq"},"datePublished":"2024-07-08T23:21:55.937Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T04:01:21.321Z","description":"The collaboration between Codethink and the GNOME Foundation has introduced sysext-utils, a set of tools designed to improve the developer experience for...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-way-to-develop-on-linux-xubrtaohq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cicd,devtools,linux","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A new way to develop on Linux"}]} ```