Free and open-source.

Receives regular software and kernel updates.

Avoids X11.

The notable exception is Qubes, but the isolation issues which X11 typically has are avoided by virtualization. This isolation only applies to apps running in different qubes (virtual machines), apps running in the same qube are not protected from each other.

Supports full-disk encryption during installation.

Doesn’t freeze regular releases for more than 1 year.

We recommend against “Long Term Support” or “stable” distro releases for desktop usage.

Supports a wide variety of hardware.

Preference towards larger projects.

Edit: I’m new to linux

  • @[email protected]
    2•1 year ago

    That was perfect! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    I myself haven’t used any of the immutable desktop offerings yet, but I do have some familiarity with openSUSE which was why I asked.

    It does sound alot like they are taking time tested designs that have been in use in the datacenter & Infrastructure side within virtualization offerings for years & applying them to a desktop OS, which is very interesting.

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 year ago

      That was perfect! Thanks for sharing.

      Thanks for your kind words. Much appreciated! 🙂

      It does sound alot like they are taking time tested designs that have been in use in the datacenter & Infrastructure side within virtualization offerings for years

      To be honest, I’m absolutely clueless on any of that 😂. So, unfortunately I don’t feel confident to talk about that. Would you be so kind to enlighten me?