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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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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It seems like a lot of people in the thread here are using immutable distros as a way to not have to deal with cleanup after uninstalling programs, but other than that it seems that the article is questionable at best? I'm new to this immutable distro thing so i'm curious how many people actually use immutable distros for other reasons than above. To me it seems to be unnecessarily locking down your machine.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Apparently it's supposed to be harder to bork than regular distros.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    But, really, how frequently a normal user borks their system?

    I've been using Linux for since 2004 and I can't remember the last time (if any) that I irrecoverably borked the system.

    I use arch, mint and Fedora. Repositories in those three are solid.

    Yes, immutable systems have their uses. Mostly entreprise uses but for home? Only out of curiosity.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I feel the same way. Like yes, everyone has screwed around and found out but to the point that we need to be like "I will NOT touch anything in the filesystem other than home"? Seems a little bit overkill to me. Would like to hear from someone who uses one to see what their reasons are, because if its just "i dont like cleaning up installation files" i'm not on board.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I would always recommend against normal users from straying away from the most beaten path. These more technical appealing distros are for advanced users that have specific purpose and use cases in mind. Yeah, in particular, users that adjust their environment frequently (maybe for software development purposes), and want to ensure system stability at the same time.

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