Does MX Linux Frugal count as immutable?
Introduction to Immutable Linux Systems
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#13Been using Fedora Silverblue since its release and it's absolutely the future. ostree is what everyone should be using.
> ostree is what everyone should be using
I currently use Ubuntu for my server, and I see there's ostree in my repos, I haven't gotten around to trying it yet but I'd like to just start versioning my system as is with it. If that's too difficult/not possible to do, then I intend to switch my server over to Silverblue at some point because I really like the idea behind ostree.
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#14The pros section feels a little light. The reason an immutable OS is attractive is to be able to cleanly remove files/folders from the system.
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#15Been using Fedora Silverblue since its release and it's absolutely the future. ostree is what everyone should be using.
For what reasons?
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#16The problem I had with flatpak and the immutable approach in general is that I can't modify them in ways that aren't supported by the developer. For example, I use decsync to sync my calandars but as far as I can tell, it's impossible to add the decsync plugin to the evolution flatpak.
Until these immutable systems support the stacking of custom overlay filesystems as a first class feature^1, people will continue to run mutable systems.
1: to account for use cases the developer can't or won't support.
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#17I have been using Fedora Sericea since it came out (it's basically Fedora Silverblue, but uses Sway-wm instead of Gnome-wm). The system is actually pretty usable, and you don't really need to reboot after each rpm-ostree install command (`rpm-ostree live-apply` takes care of it via systemd-based overlay).
in the last two weeks I've been using Fedora Workstation, I haven't use Linux in 20 years and i have to say this is an incredibly improved experience. I haven't yet needed to boot back into windows! If it stays like that for the next 6 months I'll cut over to Linux permanently and wipe the windows partition.
You may already know this but you can play most Windows games using Proton via Steam and it works really, really well.
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#18> 4.3. Facts § > - NixOS / Guix are doing it right in my opinion
Neither one is as accessible imo, fedora has long history of distro making and it shows
NixOS has a desktop installer now. If they had an easy way to setup Flathub and turn on auto updates, it would be as user-friendly as Silverblue. I actually have several family members on it, since I can do that first post-install setup.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
in the last two weeks I've been using Fedora Workstation, I haven't use Linux in 20 years and i have to say this is an incredibly improved experience. I haven't yet needed to boot back into windows! If it stays like that for the next 6 months I'll cut over to Linux permanently and wipe the windows partition.
You may already know this but you can play most Windows games using Proton via Steam and it works really, really well.
But what about Office, Adobe , Affinity?