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Try Immutable Mode with openSUSE Leap 16.1 RC (news.opensuse.org)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/opensuse@lemmy.world
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openSUSE Leap 16.1 has entered the Release Candidate phase.

Usecase: Try the new Immutable mode

Leap 16.1 is the first Leap release to offer an Immutable Mode, a transactionally updated system with a read-only root filesystem. This is essentially what our users know from Leap Micro, just integrated directly into Leap.

Leap 16.1 in Immutable mode is replacing Leap Micro. There won’t be a Leap Micro 6.3 or 7.0; Leap Immutable is the way forward for container and virtual machine hosts, edge devices and anyone who prefers atomic updates with easy rollback.

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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Followup question, how do system files get patched if its mounted as RO?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Only the running system is read only, not everything. You simply boot into a new version when updating. If the new image fails, it boots into the old snapshot (i haven't seen this in practice on opensuse aeon because it did not yet break)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Thank you! Does that mean you have to reboot every time you update something?

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