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KDE's New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snap(linuxiac.com)

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Unquote0270@programming.dev
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What does atomic mean in this sense? That seems more confusing than immutable.

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Deckweiss@lemmy.world
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How could you install anything or change any setting if it was truly immutable?

Immutable OS makes sense in certain scenarios, but not in home computing.

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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Do a little research, dude… Do you think you’re the first person to have those questions/issues? That’s all been addressed.

I’ve been on an atomic/immutable distro for a few months now (Bazzite), and the experience has been great.

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priapus@sh.itjust.works
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Atomic in software refers to an operation that cant be interrupted because it happens in one step. This one of the big selling points of atomic or immutable distros. Your system will not be left in a broken state by cancelling an update because updates do not take multiple steps, unlike traditional distros.

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grue@lemmy.world
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It means a change either applied completely and successfully, or not at all (think “atomic transactions” in databases).

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