Ok, when I googled it earlier I saw âcontainers and roll back to previous versionâ and I made a note to do more reading
Your write up was good, much clearer than whatâs on fedora and Wikipedia. And the fact you pitched immutable OSâs in general first caught my attention⊠The concept is a no brainer. Decouple the os and the rest of the software, and donât bother digging into one of a kind conflicts when updating things - just make it rebuildable and create it fresh. You never know when the wrong bit will flip
Nixâs âlearn this one thing, configure it once, and youâre doneâ stuck in my head. And after a different distros, a couple lines installed Nvidia, Nvidiaâs docker package and docker
But then I had to configure WiFi and spend half an hour learning why I couldnât mount an external drive and how to manage it⊠I still have no regrets, Iâve got a USB that should start converting my friends and familyâs old PCs into a self organizing AI/self hosting cluster⊠Hopefully it works next month lol
But not what I want in a daily driver. I want something thatâll quickly do what I tell it and gracefully handle the fact I have 6 versions of Java and no idea why I need a version from 2018 specifically. And that Iâm going to add a repo to install something and instantly forget what I did if it seems like the best path forward at the time
Youâve sold that pretty well - my takeaway was that atomic fedora is very modular and low side effect and also an interchangable foundation I can swap out and roll back easily⊠At this point, if it can run containers and the drivers I need, it sounds like a great option.
I used to use VMs so every 6-12 months I could start clean with the latest and run setup scripts for my dependencies⊠It was just easier than debugging some conflict. This sounds even cleaner - I swap out the base at will, and the stuff Iâve built on it should stay intact. Plus it sounds much more testable
So my main concern is will it run on an HP omen - it has zero Linux support and a bunch of concerning driver needs, but it does have a second m2 slot⊠Whatâs the worst that can happen? Except apparently some models forget they have fans in Linux and I just know the iGPU-GPU switch will cause some problem with sleeping⊠But Windows is only going to get worse
Now that youâve convinced me this might be the best course (I only see less problems than other distros would have), and Iâve talked myself into giving it a go, is there any recommended reading or key concepts I should look into? Any particular flavor(s) youâd point me to first?
Now that youâve convinced me this might be the best course (I only see less problems than other distros would have)
Sometimes, software, especially install scripts for something, are less common for Silverblue, but executing those is very risky anyway and I never felt the need for it.
And, as I said, some things just work differently. But NixOS is one million times worse than that in that regard, so donât worry about it. You shouldnât have many issues.
any recommended reading or key concepts I should look into? Any particular flavor(s) youâd point me to first?
I donât know. In my opinion, my post should cover most stuff concepts and differences.
Donât worry about it, youâll use Flatpak anyway most of the time, and it updates itself automatically, so the package manager (rpm-ostree) doesnât matter much for you.
You can still use your prefered package manager (apt, dnf, etc.) in Distrobox.
Other than that, just donât worry and use your laptop for whatever you want to do.
And about flavor choice, there are a few options:
- Bazzite is mainly if you game a lot
- Bluefin and Aurora are the same, just in Gnome or KDE. Itâs basically Bazzite without gaming stuff
- Secureblue, which features security hardening tweaks
- Wayblue, which is with River, Wayland, and more
- And of course all different DE-spins, e.g. Sway, Budgie, etc.
Just go to the uBlue homepage and see for yourself what appeals to you :)
Well hey listen, I appreciate it. I wouldâve spent who knows how long waffling between distos that I donât feel drawn to, and even if I came across an atomic flavor, I probably wouldâve just assumed it was marketing fluff
Good ideas need advocates, and this is a good idea⊠Itâs a promise of an OS I want, not just running from one I donât
Iâm probably going to look at bazzite first. If I have containers that can run LLMs on my GPU, that checks off everything on my wish list except gaming. Iâll read up on it though, youâve given me the context I need to care about learning more
