Linux After Dark podcast episode on immutable linux distros

Linux After Dark Ep 5 discusses “Are distros like Fedora Silverblue with immutable filesystems the future of desktop Linux?”.

The hosts don’t have a lot of experience with them, but I still found it fairly interesting. A lot of their reaction is similar to the initial reaction I’ve had from colleagues around SB, namely “why?”. They have promised to try an immutable OS, learn more, and report back. Could be interesting to follow…

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More discussion in Episode #7 that was released today too: Linux After Dark – Episode 07 – Linux After Dark

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I think the “why” is also discussed in the new naming discussion.

  • traceable
  • read-only core
  • atomic updates
  • resettable
  • visible deviations or none of the official source
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