Thoughts on atomic distros? - eviltoast

So, I recently got interested with the idea of an atomic distro, particularly the derivatives of Fedora Kinoite (currently testing Aurora).

What’s your experience with them? What are the unexpected troubles and did you manage to resolve them? Do you feel it’s worth it to learn the nuances of their use?

Also, on a personal testing note, did you manage to properly run AppImages and what did you do to make it happen? I couldn’t properly run them either natively or via Fedora toolbox on Aurora. (Also, I borked Aurora within 4 hours of trying to install Outline VPN that consistently had issues with tunneling).

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    I use Kinoite daily since over a year at least.

    First learn how rpm-ostree works. I dont think you borked your install.

    Appimages run normally. As helpers I recommend “AppMan” where you should use the mode for the local user

    Checkout discussion.fedoraproject.org and the tags #atomic-desktops #silverblue #kinoite #rpm-ostree