I find that many Linux users have a misconception about immutable distributions without knowing what it actually is. There is a lot of misinformation and generalization in the Internet about immutable distributions being “locked down”, “inflexible”, etc., when we could argue the same with many traditional distributions. In this article, we’ll look at what makes an immutable distribution, the concept of an immutable distribution versus implementations, misconceptions about immutable distributions (both pro and con), and why they exist in the first place.
silverblue has irritated me to no end, still need to try nix
Why? Can you elaborate further?
Have you tried uBlue, a custom imaging system for Silverblue?
Did the non-immutable Fedora irritate you too?
regular fedora isn’t bad, but I find that silverblue kept getting in my way when in trying to do things. I’m not the biggest fan of regular Fedora don’t get me wrong. but it does a lot of things right.
but well in the end I’m just not the biggest fan of any computer system. I just find arch the most tolerable for not getting in my way. I’m actually really looking forward to trying nixOS since I heard it has a lot of flexibility.
Well, if you like Arch and NixOS the most, I think you’re a tinkerer/ someone, who likes his OS in one definitive way.
That’s totally fine, I love that!
But Silverblue is, I think, more catered towards people who love reliability and prefer it over customization.
I, for example, find SB pretty much perfect how it is.
… well, actually, not 100%. I use uBlue (main), which is basically a modified image of the Vanilla SB with some minor QOL-tweaks, like a few exchanged apps, automatic updates, and so on.
You can also create your own images with this project, with effects similar to Nix.
But if you want your own, individual, config, Nix is just better.
I’m really excited what immutable distros will bring in the future. I follow them (Nix, SB, VanillaOS, etc.) closely and think, that immutability will be the future of Linux, even if that’s a trope.
We already containerized everything and never touched the base OS on servers too for decades now, why not on desktop too?
That’s the main advantage of Linux, and we should use that.
Ill try and give ublue a go, One of the main issues I generally have with multiple operating systems is that I’m looking for something with a good out of box user experience for the general user. So far, I find that nobara actually gets the closest to this, so it’s what I’ve been recommending. But if ublue is nice and simple and good enough, I might recommend that instead.
Any particular problems with silverblue? I’m running kiniote for my work laptop, it’s suited me pretty well so far, but for the most part I’m only using it to run a web browser.