--- title: Systemd Creator’s Startup Opens Signups for Private... description: Amutable, the startup co-founded by Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner and Chris Kühl, has opened signups for a private preview of Amutable Foundations.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-creator-s-startup-opens-signups-for-private-preview-of-its-linux-system-nuyf1jh2m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Systemd Creator’s Startup Opens Signups for Private Preview of its Linux System | daily.dev og:description: Amutable, the startup co-founded by Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner and Chris Kühl, has opened signups for a private preview of Amutable Foundations.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-creator-s-startup-opens-signups-for-private-preview-of-its-linux-system-nuyf1jh2m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nuyF1jh2M.png og:image:alt: Systemd Creator’s Startup Opens Signups for Private Preview of its Linux System 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. # Systemd Creator’s Startup Opens Signups for Private Preview of its Linux System **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amutable, the startup co-founded by Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner and Chris Kühl, has opened signups for a private preview of Amutable Foundations. It's an immutable, image-based Linux system with read-only volumes protected by dm-verity, signed unified kernel images and measured boot, with no package manager or SSH access. Each machine sends signed reports of what it booted and its configuration, verified by Amutable's control plane using systemd-report, an experimental command in systemd 260. Updates ship as signed images from per-machine repositories, and access to resources like database credentials can depend on a machine proving it's running current configuration. Amutable is also targeting Kubernetes next and will be at KubeCon North America. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Amutable Foundations and who created it? Amutable Foundations is an immutable, image-based Linux system built by Amutable, a startup co-founded by systemd creator Lennart Poettering along with Christian Brauner and Chris Kühl. Machines run read-only system volumes protected by dm-verity, signed unified kernel images, and measured boot, with no package manager or interactive shell, so updates require shipping a new signed image to the fleet. _Teams evaluating attested immutable Linux setups can track releases like this one on daily.dev._ ### What is systemd-report and which systemd version introduces it? systemd-report is an experimental command introduced in systemd 260 that Amutable helped build. It lets each machine send a signed report of what it booted, from firmware and boot loader through kernel and OS configuration, backed by a TPM or confidential computing CPU, which Amutable's control plane then verifies against the declared state. _Developers tracking new systemd commands can follow version changes like this on daily.dev._ ### What open source tools has Amutable released before Foundations? Amutable previously released tine, a Buck2-based build system that composes OS images and is available under MPL-2.0, and Quarry, a TUF-based tool that distributes those images to machines under Apache-2.0. Foundations itself runs the images, update repositories, control plane, and vulnerability fixes as a service built on top of these tools. _Those weighing build and distribution tools for immutable OS images can follow updates like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [About Us](https://daily.dev/posts/about-us-wh06tktvd) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Immutable Linux distros are not the only way to build a system you can't break](https://daily.dev/posts/immutable-linux-distros-are-not-the-only-way-to-build-a-system-you-can-t-break-q03dtv7e0) · XDA Developers · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [What is immutable Linux and should you switch to it?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-immutable-linux-and-should-you-switch-to-it--hsaqzmity) · All Things Open · 93 upvotes · 15 comments - [Sealed Fedora Atomic Desktop bootable container images](https://daily.dev/posts/sealed-fedora-atomic-desktop-bootable-container-images-5fzruqw4o) · Fedora Magazine · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-creator-s-startup-opens-signups-for-private-preview-of-its-linux-system-nuyf1jh2m) ```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":"Systemd Creator’s Startup Opens Signups for Private Preview of its Linux System","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-creator-s-startup-opens-signups-for-private-preview-of-its-linux-system-nuyf1jh2m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-creator-s-startup-opens-signups-for-private-preview-of-its-linux-system-nuyf1jh2m"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T15:25:27.475Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T15:26:08.106Z","description":"Amutable, the startup co-founded by Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner and Chris Kühl, has opened signups for a private preview of Amutable Foundations....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/777551b29c5af6be9dd26f9ba61e7118?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/777551b29c5af6be9dd26f9ba61e7118?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","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":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-creator-s-startup-opens-signups-for-private-preview-of-its-linux-system-nuyf1jh2m","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Systemd Creator’s Startup Opens Signups for Private Preview of its Linux System"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-creator-s-startup-opens-signups-for-private-preview-of-its-linux-system-nuyf1jh2m#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Amutable Foundations and who created it?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Amutable Foundations is an immutable, image-based Linux system built by Amutable, a startup co-founded by systemd creator Lennart Poettering along with Christian Brauner and Chris Kühl. 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