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What are immutable distros, and are they the future of Linux? (tilvids.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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[–] 38 points 3 years ago* (8 children)

I hate YouTube videos.

If this was an article, it could be read quickly and with no annoying YouTube influencer in my face.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    Or being forced to find a headset somewhere because my hearing is shit and I can't make out what they're saying (and don't get me started on the auto-generated sub's).

    Also, not having ads waved in my face on YouTube is a plus.

    Also, I read a lot faster than the average youtuber talks.

    Some things benefit from video, but tech articles tend to not fall under that category.

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  • [+] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    The description is not written like a blog post, because it assumes the user will watch the video.

    There is usually no point even reading it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I mean, generally I agree - but this video's description was pretty good, and even answers the question from the video title:

    And so I don't think immutable distros will replace regular distros. They'll grow, and occupy a space next to let's call them "mutable" systems, but they'll probably never be the default thing most people use.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's also on YouTube, but this link is not YouTube

    Are we trying to make YouTube a generic word now?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Haha didn't even notice it was hosted somewhere else since I didn't click the link.

    But the point is, videos have a lot of downsides and very few upsides. Sometimes it's good to get a visual explanation of something but more often than not, videos are designed to focus on the influencer and to be entertaining.

    I just want to get to the information myself.

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