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what is everyone's opinion on immutable OSes, NixOs, Fedora Silver blue etc (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Patrick-Haverkamp754@kbin.social to c/linux@kbin.social

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I am not sure how i feel about it in general so far, nixos package manager seems pretty powerful. But im not one to jump on flatpaks. Is this the future of linux though?

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not really interested in turning my desktop systems into Android or a game console. That's what immutable OSes with Flatpack (the cartridges) seem like to me. I like having control.

I think it's fine for embedded devices or something like a Steam Deck where an end user just wants to plug it in and play and not learn Bash scripting. But I'm a bit old school when it comes to my desktop.

[–] Nefyedardu@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You don't lose any control, at least not in Silverblue. You are free to edit your base image and layer stuff on top of it if you wish just like any other distro. All it does is create a separate "branch" off of the ostree. It does defeat the purpose of an immutable OS though, the idea is to keep your base system as "clean" as possible so there's less surface area for bugs. But you can do it.