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+
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += " empty-root-password"
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += " allow-empty-password"
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += " allow-root-login"
+
+#Systemd system
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE_append = "systemd"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED_append = "sysvinit"
+
+#Security
+# INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "secure-core-image-initramfs"
+# DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " selinux"
+#DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE_append = "ima tpm tpm2 efi-secure-boot luks"
+#DISTRO_FEATURES_append += "ima tpm tpm2 efi-secure-boot luks modsign"
+#MACHINE_FEATURES_NATIVE_append = "efi"
+#MACHINE_FEATURES_append = "efi"
+#INITRAMFS_SCRIPTS = "initramfs-live-boot \
+# initramfs-live-install \
+# initramfs-live-install-efi \
+# "
+
+#SECURE_CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL ?= "\
+# packagegroup-efi-secure-boot \
+# packagegroup-tpm \
+# packagegroup-tpm2 \
+# packagegroup-ima \
+# packagegroup-luks \
+# "
+
+
+# virtualization and cloud stuff
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " virtualization"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " kvm"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " openstack"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/containerd = "containerd-opencontainers"
+
+# packagegroup-base-zeroconf depends on libnss-mdns which breaks
+# the dns resolution for StarlingX
+DISTRO_FEATURES_remove = "zeroconf"
+
+#Graphics and misc
+#DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " x11 opengl"
+#EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES_append = " x11-base"
+#VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_graphical_init_manager = "lxdm"
+
+PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_rpm"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " bluez pam largefile opengl"
+
+#misc
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/containerd = "containerd-opencontainers"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
+
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_syslog = "syslog-ng"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_vim = "vim"
+
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " selinux"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/refpolicy ?= "refpolicy-mls"