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5 reasons to switch to an immutable Linux distro today - and which to try first (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I get it. I recently switched to NixOS from Arch and I absolutely love it. I would routinely go buck wild with Arch and eventually my system would just be populated with garbage or half assed things that I never bothered to fix. With Nix I don't have that choice. If I fuck around with the config well then it's not rebuilding and I need to actually fix it. It prevents me from breaking my system. If I do somehow many to break something then I can instantly roll back from the grub OR just retrieve a backup copy of my config which I keep on my server backup and my private git instance. Just have to git clone it.

So I was once one of those anti-immutable people but now I get it and i love it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Thanks for understanding! We work with an immutable system at my office and it's fine, I just don't see the need for it on my desktop (yet). Next time I replace any of my server hardware (or otherwise reformat) I expect I'll go immutable.

    Thanks!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    no prob. I think for certain situations immutable is good. Like in your cause where you use it at work, it makes sense to have a workplace on an immutable distro, just makes things easier. In my case since I'm a developer it also makes sense as the likely hood of me absolutely breaking something is high. plus with nix and the nix flakes and nix shell environments it makes developing a breeze.

    For someone at home who is NEW to Linux, yeah it also makes sense. For everyone else? meh I don't really see a need for it if you know what you're doing. Don't get me wrong I love Arch and all its various forks, especially CachyOS, so I mean if it works for you then why go immutable? there's no right and wrong distro for a user, it's whatever they prefer. Hell a buddy of mine uses Slackware and will never move from it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    This is a very canny take, and I appreciate the frankness of it. I find myself agreeing with basically everything you say (except about OS' I don't use because I don't have enough of an opinion).

    Thanks for being a positive representative of the Linux community!

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