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# Bootable AI Containers with Podman Desktop


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 10, 2025
- **Time:** 11:30–12:00 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 6 - Red Hat
- **Event:** World Congress 2025

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1593-bootable-ai-containers-with-podman-desktop)

## Description

The world of containerization is advancing rapidly, and bootable containers are at the forefront of transforming operating system (OS) deployment and management. But what exactly are bootable containers? They go beyond traditional containers by packaging entire operating systems, combining the agility of containers with the capabilities of full OS deployment. With Podman Desktop, you’ll explore how to create, manage, and deploy these bootable OS images seamlessly.

This session will guide you through building a custom bootable container image based on CentOS Stream 9, complete with an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code generation application. From configuring the environment to deploying bootable disk images on cloud and bare metal, you’ll master the essentials of packaging OS images with application workloads that are consistent, immutable, and easily updatable. Join us to discover a new frontier in containerization!

## Speakers

### [Cedric Clyburn](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@cedric-clyburn)

Senior Developer Advocate, Red Hat
### [Kevin Dubois](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@kevin-dubois)

Sr. Principal Developer Advocate at Red Hat


## Related talks at this congress

- [Enterprise Linux as Container Images](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/906-enterprise-linux-as) — Goetz Rieger
- [What's (new) with Spring Boot and Containers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/883-what-s-new-with) — Eva Panadero, maeddes
- [Building Agentic Apps with Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/511-building-agentic) — Michael Irwin
- [From Monolith to Magic: An AI-Powered DevOps Workshop](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/652-from-monolith-to) — Riccardo Carlesso