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5 reasons to switch to an immutable Linux distro today - and which to try first (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] 5 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

Thanks for understanding! We work with an immutable system at my office and it's fine, I just don't see the need for it on my desktop (yet). Next time I replace any of my server hardware (or otherwise reformat) I expect I'll go immutable.

Thanks!

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    no prob. I think for certain situations immutable is good. Like in your cause where you use it at work, it makes sense to have a workplace on an immutable distro, just makes things easier. In my case since I'm a developer it also makes sense as the likely hood of me absolutely breaking something is high. plus with nix and the nix flakes and nix shell environments it makes developing a breeze.

    For someone at home who is NEW to Linux, yeah it also makes sense. For everyone else? meh I don't really see a need for it if you know what you're doing. Don't get me wrong I love Arch and all its various forks, especially CachyOS, so I mean if it works for you then why go immutable? there's no right and wrong distro for a user, it's whatever they prefer. Hell a buddy of mine uses Slackware and will never move from it.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    This is a very canny take, and I appreciate the frankness of it. I find myself agreeing with basically everything you say (except about OS' I don't use because I don't have enough of an opinion).

    Thanks for being a positive representative of the Linux community!

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