I recently took up Bazzite from mint and I love it! After using it for a few days I found out it was an immutable distro, after looking into what that is I thought it was a great idea. I love the idea of getting a fresh image for every update, I think for businesses/ less tech savvy people it adds another layer of protection from self harm because you can’t mess with the root without extra steps.

For anyone who isn’t familiar with immutable distros I attached a picture of mutable vs immutable, I don’t want to describe it because I am still learning.

My question is: what does the community think of it?

Do the downsides outweigh the benefits or vice versa?

Could this help Linux reach more mainstream audiences?

Any other input would be appreciated!

  • @asapEnglish
    3•2 days ago

    I use Jetbrains, devcontainers, and distrobox on Bluefin-DX and it has been flawless out of the box. There’s a single command to install the Jetbrains toolbox, which let’s you then manage all their apps.

    Couldn’t recommend it enough, made my development lifecycle so easy.

    • @FooBarrington
      1•2 days ago

      How do you use the Jetbrains tools with distrobox? So far I’ve manually installed the toolbox inside my distrobox, but that doesn’t seem to be the preferred approach.

        • @FooBarrington
          1•2 days ago

          Yes, I got that running - but how do I then allow the Jetbrains tools to use CLI tools in the distrobox?

          • @asapEnglish
            1•1 day ago

            For distrobox, you can export your CLI tools, then use them anywhere in your system:

            distrobox-export --bin /usr/bin/some_app --export-path ~/.local/bin

            Alternatively you could distrobox enter from the Jetbrains terminal.

            I would generally use brew for installing system-wide CLI tools, and use a devcontainer if I want to have a specific dev environment for a project.