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So, title. Personally after trying out pretty much every major distro save gentoo, I’ve come back to Ubuntu because it just works and I can focus on my work. Did remove snap and install flatpak, but other than that it’s mostly stock ubuntu.
Ubuntu / PopOS user here.
Someone here mentioned NixOS and it made me want to speak up. I’ve been thinking of moving to BlendOS or VanillaOS for a while now. I’ve been using them virtualized and I think I like blendOS more.
With that being said, I’m really intrigued by all those distros picking up the immutable atomic core update model. I want my system to always be up to date but I want it to be stable as well. I feel this is the true power of containers.
My question here is, does anyone use an immutable and atomic distro on their desktop PC like blendOS, VanillaOS, Fedora silver blue, or NixOS?
If so, what is it like?
Note: I know that steamOS, HoloISO, and ChimaeraOS are also immutable and atomic but I don’t count those as “desktop” distros. I have been testing ChimeraOS myself on an AMD 5600X3D based platform and aside from Bluetooth latency issues, it’s very very nice.
Ubuntu with the Window Maker window manager.
Where my Mint peeps at?
Cinnamon gang!
Laptop: NixOS, mostly to try it out. So far I’m really liking it. Fileserver: Open Media Vault (it’s Debian with a cool web UI) Container servers: Ubuntu, but I’m thinking of switching them out. Still contemplating between Rocky or Debian.
Ubuntu Budgie is my main OS. Works well but if I install another I’ll give NixOS a spin. I like the idea of generally immutable systems.
I really like NixOS so far. It’s definitely got some quirks, and trying to install anything that’s not in the repository is, by design, a real pain in the ass. But the general idea seems to work really, really well. It’s cool how a lot of tasks that are really involved on other distros just come down to “add this line to your nix config file”.
Debian Bookworm.
The purpose of my home computer is to help me work or play games. I don’t want to expend effort updating/fixing my computer.
I would use Ubuntu but Snaps is impossible to turn off and they are insanely slow. CentOS/RHEL/Rocky seem to make every package require a full Gnome install and I use KDE. That only leaves OpenSUSE and the multi arch Debian installer makes installing Debian easier than OpenSUSE.
Do people really have this much gripe with the Snaps? I don’t even touch them and am only reminded they exist when people complain about them. Is there any actual downside to just ignoring installing Snaps and instead installing packages manually anyways?
For me it’s a case of “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. I don’t get the point of switching to snaps when apt packages worked perfectly fine.
And in my experience it’s actually worse than APT. Installs/updates are slow, as is app startup, system integration features need extra work, …
