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Why use immutable Linux ? And which one ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What are the pros and cons for desktops ? EDIT : Thanks all. I'll try Silverblue, bazzite and more.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you're using gnome/kde, I see no reason not to run immutable, the advantages of not being immutable are that you can piece together your system, if you're running i3/sway/whatever, being able to choose your panel, your launcher, etc actually has value.

The advantages of immutable are that you'll never end up with a broken system, you can easily roll back to a not broken one if something does break, and the system is separate from your apps.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I was able to break fedora silverblue by messing file permissions in the home directory. Toolbx then stopped working, without which the distro is unusable.

You can also make chaneges in /etc and similarly ruin your system.

Just saying they aren't quite as "unbreakable" as advertised.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

all changes in etc are snapshotted with each update so you could just roll back to your previous version and it would fix it.

I assume you meant you messed up permissions in your home directory, and yes that is pretty much the only place you can permanently mess something up with silverblue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh I didn't know that, that's good to know! thanks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Im sure I could break fedora silverblue too, just me use some gasoline and a match