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I recently took up Bazzite from mint and I love it! After using it for a few days I found out it was an immutable distro, after looking into what that is I thought it was a great idea. I love the idea of getting a fresh image for every update, I think for businesses/ less tech savvy people it adds another layer of protection from self harm because you can't mess with the root without extra steps.

For anyone who isn't familiar with immutable distros I attached a picture of mutable vs immutable, I don't want to describe it because I am still learning.

My question is: what does the community think of it?

Do the downsides outweigh the benefits or vice versa?

Could this help Linux reach more mainstream audiences?

Any other input would be appreciated!

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's subjective. I freaking love Bazzite, it works for me. Not the other way around.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Feel like elaborating? I've been running it for a couple weeks and very happy so far. One nice little feature was how I can just scroll on top of the little sun icon in the taskbar and my monitors dim and brighten. But that's prolly a Plasma thing more than anything else.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That's indeed a Plasma thing

[–] Kangy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use plasma and had no idea this was a thing. Thank you

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

My new measure for intuitiveness of an interface - do half-drunk, clumsy fumblings with a mouse occasionally reveal a slick new feature I wasn't aware of?