Why use immutable Linux ? And which one ? - eviltoast

What are the pros and cons for desktops ? EDIT : Thanks all. I’ll try Silverblue, bazzite and more.

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    I was able to break fedora silverblue by messing file permissions in the home directory. Toolbx then stopped working, without which the distro is unusable.

    You can also make chaneges in /etc and similarly ruin your system.

    Just saying they aren’t quite as “unbreakable” as advertised.

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      9 months ago

      all changes in etc are snapshotted with each update so you could just roll back to your previous version and it would fix it.

      I assume you meant you messed up permissions in your home directory, and yes that is pretty much the only place you can permanently mess something up with silverblue.