I’ve resisted immutable distros if only because I felt it wasn’t “how linux should be.” That’s probably not even my view because I’ve only used Linux for 3 years, so I’m not some greybeard. I think its been an attitude in online Linux circles that I read and kind of got morphed into.
Today I decided to try KDE Linux. Its still in alpha, so I’m sure I’ll find rough edges, but so far I can do everything I would do on my previous Arch system.
I know with snapper/timeshift you can have the same sort of stability as if you were running an immutable, but it always stresses me out to have a system that can crash. This is all in my head as well because I never had an update mess up my Arch install.
Besides relying on flathub a bunch, everything seems the same, except its an atomic desktop. I’m guessing I’ll struggle with some CLI programs, but I can probably use brew for those. I’m also by no means a power user. I’m a regular user. Use the web, watch videos, music, some games. So I don’t know why I thought I needed access to my core system at all times, even when I never used it.
Anyone else dipping into immutable now that they’ve been around a while? Anyone trying the KDE linux distro?
Started on windows, like so many of us. Grew up with my father yelling at 3.1. Kept going with Microslop, until last year, when I switched to Mint. Just wanted to escape the insanity. I never really enjoyed Mint, and about 8days ago I installed Bazzite. There are no words to describe how happy I am with that distro. Its everything I wanted and more. Its fucking fast, everything works. I thought it was only going to be the case for basic things and gaming… But its fantastic across the board! Work, gaming, chilling, whatever floats your boat. I’ve been simping and talking so much about it, that my wife might start taping my mouth shut.
I can relate. I installed Bazzite, because I wanted a solution which works with my Nvidia GPU out of the box.
Now it’s my daily driver.
Bazzite has been perfect for me too.