Post #3939075
2026-07-19 17:42 UTC
Most of the work in my system is installing software and changing configurations of said software. The rest is using the software.
What is the difference in the amount of work here? I guess on an immutable system you will also be installing software and modifying configuration files.
In my system something can malfunction to which I have to change some system configurations: for example past week I had to change some systemd-resolved configuration because on a specific interface it was using some random DNS I didn’t want it to use. I assume this work will also have to be done on an immutable system.
What is the work which you have to do on a normal distribution and not on an immutable system?
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@marcie@lemmy.ml 2026-07-19 17:48
How long have you been using Linux? I’ve been using it since around 2004. About every 2 years a major upgrade would make my computer kill itself and I’d have to manually repair it. I do security software work and often to make that suite of software (some of it not niche like vpn apps) function you must alter some system files. Layering these apps over the system solves the problem.