• @TriflingToad
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    -17 hours ago

    I don’t understand why people want immutable. I don’t know all that much about Linux but on my Steamdeck it keeps getting in the way anytime I try to do anything

    • capital
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      23 hours ago

      I personally don’t tinker much with the OS. I want it to stay out of the way and let me do things. In the case of Bazzite, everything I need for gaming is just there and works without me lifting a finger.

      I like the safety and simplicity immutables bring.

      If I’m doing something out of the ordinary, a temporary container usually suffices.

      It’s really made the switch from Windows as a daily driver much easier.

    • @UNY0N
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      57 hours ago

      You certainly have to learn new ways of doing things when you want to tinker, but they are basically UNBREAKABLE, which is my main plus point. I’m busy, I need my PC to be reliable. I don’t want to have to troubleshoot stuff just to keep it up and running.

      If I had more time I would really enjoy the tinkering, but I don’t so I need my distro just work.

    • @[email protected]
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      15 hours ago

      Some people like it, I don’t like and will never mess with it. I do understand why some folks like it. It’s basically for those who want a system that’ll never break to a point where they can’t access their data. I just can’t use it

    • @[email protected]
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      -17 hours ago

      Immutable is fantastic in theory. Where it falls apart is having to basically rebuild the whole distro every time you want to make a change. It should be there your base distro is immutable, then any extra changes go on an additional mutable layer but that would be difficult to set up. (You’d need a package manager like Nixos or something.)

      • @dustyData
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        46 hours ago

        your base distro is immutable, then any extra changes go on an additional mutable layer

        That is exactly how OsTree and other layering solutions work. Only Nix requires a whole distro rebuild.