Immutable (atomic)

Just wondering how my attention to immutable distros may or may not be unique.

I have not noticed any articles opposing immutable style distros.

The choice really depends on whether you prioritize stability and atomic updates or prefer traditional flexibility and direct system access.

Yes.

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Lumping all the immutable distros together is really a mistake in my opinion. They are quite a few different styles which have different pros and cons. Declarative, A/B, ostree, snapshot-based and several more. They aren’t even all atomic.

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As with most things to do with computers, it all depends on what you intend to use it for.

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Ah, someone that has put some time into looking at the variations of immutable.

I got a bit stuck on the more stable part.

Now I am using Timeshift to help recover the infrequent breakage after updating packages.

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