I recently took up Bazzite from mint and I love it! After using it for a few days I found out it was an immutable distro, after looking into what that is I thought it was a great idea. I love the idea of getting a fresh image for every update, I think for businesses/ less tech savvy people it adds another layer of protection from self harm because you can’t mess with the root without extra steps.

For anyone who isn’t familiar with immutable distros I attached a picture of mutable vs immutable, I don’t want to describe it because I am still learning.

My question is: what does the community think of it?

Do the downsides outweigh the benefits or vice versa?

Could this help Linux reach more mainstream audiences?

Any other input would be appreciated!

  • gingernate@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    I don’t work in tech but I love to tinker , have a home lab etc. I love using Linux for this, been on Linux for close to 20 years.

    Got a steam deck little over a year ago, it was my first immutable

    I just moved to an immutable silver blue. Been loving it so far. There’s a few things I have issues with, but it’s “just works”. I still distro hop and fuck around breaking my system for fun from time to time, hahahah. But having my main system on immutable has been great.