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[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

bazzite bitches

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago (4 children)

No thanks. I'd like to keep full control over my operating system and only accidentally ruin it every few years.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is a nonsense talking point, what exactly can't you do with root access on bazzite that you can do on a non-immutable?

the answer: nothing

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Accidentally ruin the OS by running random commands?

I'd love to try Bazzite properly, but it doesn't work well in my VM (possible host issues), and I couldn't find a live image to try.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

On the contrary. Bazzite sports up to 25% more cryptic commands beyond your comprehension to fumble with on the terminal, than the typical distro.

Now, if you really want to ruin you OS experience forever, I have some NixOS to offer to you.

[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You could see if it's on DistroSea? Then you can try it through your browser.

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago

It isn't, but that's still a great website.

Thanks for the recommendation!

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

No, you still can, it'll just be much easier to recover from.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You still have full control. It’s just that you need to use ostree to create layers since the underlying system is immutable. It’s a different way of thinking about Linux, but means you can easily roll-back when you break something.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But i heard you should use that as a final resort

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

This is true. But it’s the only option for certain things.

[–] Minnels@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

15 years ago installed Ubuntu to run as a server and had to reinstall and config everything like 10 times to get it to work and since then have been very vary of Linux but had to return since said installation broke like 2 years ago, installed Mint and my eyes opened how easy everything is now compared to then. I got tired of Microsoft bullshit so I switched to bazzite about 2 months ago and I have no problems. There have been a couple of times that it said "you can do this but it is probably not a good idea" but otherwise everything just works. I appreciate this because from my earliest experiences with Linux I wasn't happy. I use my computer for gaming and web stuff and that's pretty much it. What do you guys who feel you can't do what you want really do with your computer?

[–] Kroxx@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Lol someone hasn't actually worked with immutable distros. What precisely can't be layered on bazzite with rpm-ostree?