Hi there folks, I’m still learning about Linux and have yet to dip my toes properly in any arch based distro. Have for the moment fallen in love with the immutable distros based on Universal Blue project. However I do want to learn about what arch has to offer to and plan on installing default arch when I have time. But have been wondering why I haven’t heard of any immutable distros from arch based distros yet.

So, am left wondering if there are talks within that Arch community of building immutable distros?

While writing this post I found a project called Arkane Linux, which seem to be very interesting. Does anyone have nay experience with it? Is there a specific reason why immutable wouldn’t be a good idea when based on Arch?

Project: https://arkanelinux.org/

    • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I could see it being useful for like an office or something, where you do a big roll-out to a bunch of people. I’d assume having the system files be read-only and (presumably) the same on every system would eliminate a lot of guesswork for IT troubleshooting.

    • yala@discuss.online
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      8 months ago

      For me:

      • atomic updates
      • reproducibility
      • (to some degree) declarative system configuration
      • increased security
      • built-in rollback functionality

      and their consequences;

      • rock solid system even with relatively up to date packages
      • possibility to enable automatic updates in background without fearing breakage
      • (quasi) factory reset feature
      • setting up a new system in just a fraction of the time required otherwise

      are the primary reasons why I absolutely adore atomic/immutable distros.

      Furthermore, it minimizes all kinds of issues related to or caused by bit rot, configuration drift and hidden/unknown states. (Note that you won’t reap all of these benefits on all atomic/immutable distros.)