I don't really understand the exact problem that immutable distros solve. Seems like it's some vague "instability" in normal distros?
> An immutable Linux distribution has its core system locked as read-only. This ensures the base operating system remains untouched during normal use, protecting it from accidental changes, unauthorized modifications and corruption.
So, in other words, I'm using an immutable system already! (Windows 11)
The places where immutability is a benefit for most people are protecting against cases where the package manager gets confused and screws things up (as famously happened to Linus of LTT years ago when installing Steam on Mint rendered the system unbootable) and for the ability to cleanly roll back the system when an update does something like break video or networking drivers (surprisingly common with some hardware).
> as famously happened to Linus of LTT years ago when installing Steam on Mint rendered the system unbootable
The system booted fine! It just didn't have a graphical desktop environment installed anymore. But it was up and running, not crashing or anything like that! It was no more 'unbootable' for lacking a GUI than the server hosting this website is. :)
But yeah rollbacks are a great way to handle situations like that, so it's a great feature for a package manager to have.
Friend of mine worked for a Fortune 500 company that was playing an interesting game: They would open a job req with a narrow set of qualifications. If a US citizen showed up and matched the qualifications, they would hire them, then eliminate their position 6 months later. But then they'd slightly change the job qualifications to exclude that person, and try again. (It seemed like it was part of some lobbying effort to say "Look how many job openings we can't fill!")
I think it's painfully obvious it's not about software security concerns at all, since most non-enthusiast home routers are pretty janky, not just TP-link ones.
I wonder if one day we will figure out a method by which the kernel can analyze the software it is running and then automatically distribute the workload in an ideal manner based on resources.
Probably a moot point but most computers leave so much performance on the table due to poor software optimizations and not taking advantage of the systems full capabilities due to having to try to make software work on essentially all computers rather than laser focusing on a specific hardware set.
Does anyone have a real link to this? The current link just takes you to a random government site with zero information specific to a rule that you "must file new report" etc.
> An immutable Linux distribution has its core system locked as read-only. This ensures the base operating system remains untouched during normal use, protecting it from accidental changes, unauthorized modifications and corruption.
So, in other words, I'm using an immutable system already! (Windows 11)
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