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Experiences using immutable Linux desktops?
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I think there’s just not enough people who run them. I think the closest you’ll find is the nixos crowd.
I’ve wanted to give silverblue a go, but I know how to manage my fedora install pretty well and don’t feel like taking on a new project like that when at the end of the day I just want to load up steam and decompress. I have a feeling that the majority people who want to try it are in same place I am.
Though it’s getting more and more tempting to switch since the vast majority of my data and packages are installed in my home.
yep...same here.
Also, I use VSCode which incorporates all the toolings that I have installed and also frequently use in a terminal. For an immutable system, I'd have to use the Flatpak version of VScode, which cannot access these toolings from the host.
So, no immutability for me now.
This isnt’t the case for NixOS. I use VsCode and all I need to do is open it by typing “codium .” after direnv loads the flake file which points to all of my dependencies. I don’t use flatpak and I’m able to provision ALL of the tooling in a way that lives with the project rather than on my machine, needing to be manually updated.
Also, on nixos you don't have to do that if you are lazy and can just install dependencies in your global config. Yeah its less optimal, but I'm too lazy to make flake files for each project.