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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Misconceptions About Immutable Distributions (tesk.page)

submitted 1 year ago by morrowind@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a look at serpent os. It aims to provide a lot of the same benefits without being locked down

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe this answers it in detail: https://lemmy.world/comment/4574094

the article is very well written and effectively debunks a lot of misconceptions however those distros are still an unnecessary extra step that don’t provide a sufficient gain / improvement over “mutable” distributions and/or properly done setups. (...) it doesn’t really matter if there are truly open-source and open ecosystems of immutable distributions because in the end people/companies will pick the proprietary / closed option just because “it’s easier to use” or some other specific thing that will be good on the short term and very bad on the long term. This happened with CentOS vs Debian

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

?? I was just providing a suggestion

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes and you did very well on that and I believe as well you can understand my POV on immutable distros after all the posts did. We're most likely creating the next Docker / Docker Hub / Kubernetes BS by pushing them and immutability was proven by MIPS to be clusterfuck.