This could be very interesting and exciting. Canonical has confirmed they're working towards an immutable version of Ubuntu for desktop users based on all the work they've done with Ubuntu Core.
  • lemillionsocks@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    While the prospect of a snap based desktop doesnt fill me with joy personally, I do like the idea of immutable desktops and have heard good things about silverblue and kinoite on the fedora end of things. The improved security from sandboxing and stability are all a big plus.

    I’ll stick with regular old fedora kde spin for now but immutable desktops are looking more attractive as time goes on.

  • TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    I am not sure I understand the hype over the immutable distros. I get that it may be important for large deployments (e.g. a company of 500 people starting with the exact same desktop and remain compatible) but don’t really get the benefit for the average GNU/Linux user, especially those of us that like tinkering with our PC. I can’t see myself installing one of those but perhaps I am missing the point.

    • tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
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      2 years ago

      I think you got it exactly right, apart from the fact that an “average” desktop Linux user is like 30% [1] company/university computer. For those users it’s probably very useful.

      [1] a completely uneducated guess.