▲ 100 ▼ Why use immutable Linux ? And which one ? (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments What are the pros and cons for desktops ? EDIT : Thanks all. I'll try Silverblue, bazzite and more.
[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) How? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Virulent@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago Because all changes are transactional so you can easily revert to a previous system state if you break anything permalink fedilink source parent [–] waitmarks@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago With fedora atomic, lets say i wanted to try out kde desktop for a while. i would first pin my current build so i can roll back to it if i dont end liking kde with $ sudo ostree admin pin 0 Then i would rebase to the kde branch with $ rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/39/x86_64/kinoite Then just reboot. That’s literally it and i would have a kde system with all my layered packages and i could roll back to my old system at anytime. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago Because all changes are transactional so you can easily revert to a previous system state if you break anything permalink fedilink source parent
[–] waitmarks@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago With fedora atomic, lets say i wanted to try out kde desktop for a while. i would first pin my current build so i can roll back to it if i dont end liking kde with $ sudo ostree admin pin 0 Then i would rebase to the kde branch with $ rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/39/x86_64/kinoite Then just reboot. That’s literally it and i would have a kde system with all my layered packages and i could roll back to my old system at anytime. permalink fedilink source parent