I recently took up Bazzite from mint and I love it! After using it for a few days I found out it was an immutable distro, after looking into what that is I thought it was a great idea. I love the idea of getting a fresh image for every update, I think for businesses/ less tech savvy people it adds another layer of protection from self harm because you can’t mess with the root without extra steps.

For anyone who isn’t familiar with immutable distros I attached a picture of mutable vs immutable, I don’t want to describe it because I am still learning.

My question is: what does the community think of it?

Do the downsides outweigh the benefits or vice versa?

Could this help Linux reach more mainstream audiences?

Any other input would be appreciated!

  • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    22 days ago

    If you trust it, why not just install it like a y other app?

    Oh wait, it’s generally pushed for binary only blobs, no source… so why are you even trusting it?

    • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      22 days ago

      I don’t really know what you’re saying. Most software is distributed as binaries, that doesn’t make them inherently untrustworthy, you just need to have trust in whoever is distributing it. It’s trivial to look at the build process of a flatpak and verify that it is legitimate. Just because the binary isn’t being built from source by every user doesn’t make it insecure.

      • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        22 days ago

        Who is mostly pushing these containerized apps?

        Proprietary software vendors.

        Same for who stands the most to benefit from immutable distros. Like Android and MacOS get shipped.

        • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          22 days ago

          Flatpak is completely open source software and any proprietary software in it has a large warning about how it’s proprietary. I don’t know why you think proprietary software vendors are pushing these. Ublue, NixOS, and Fedora Silverblue are all community run, not being pushed by some malicious group pushing proprietary software.

          Why companies even have anything to gain from their proprietary software being in a container? All that would do is make data collection more difficult.