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Debian based immutable OSes (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by max641@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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prefer KDE. Currently testing Nitrux. Any other options

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[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

As others have said, there's Vanilla and Endless, but both use GNOME.

Is there a reason why it has to be Debian? With an immutable distro, you won't be using traditional package managers anyway (like apt), all have the same stability factor, and with the same systemd + KDE, it's more or less the same experience regardless of which distro you go for.

One of the key usage patterns of an immutable distro is using a container to install your extra packages. So you could go for a Fedora-based immutable KDE distro like Kinoite, and set up a Debian container where you can use apt and other Debian tools.

[–] albert180@feddit.de 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't get the whole immutable hype. Sounds like it's just more a PITA to use

[–] Mnmalst@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Depends on the use case. I played around with it a lot and came to the conclusion that I don't like flatpaks and the base system is not flexible enough for me.

I use it as a self-updating desktop for my parents tho,. For that it's absolutely perfect.

[–] juli@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

At furst it's PITA but once you understand the workflow, it's awesome. Imo,better tgan traditional

[–] max641@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Let me try Kionite.

[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 9 points 9 months ago

Not debian based, but is KDE - Fedora Kionite

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Have a look at this repository https://github.com/castrojo/awesome-immutable

It has a very nice list of immutable distributions you can check out!

If you want another Debian based name, one can be EndlessOS. But it runs GNOME instead.

[–] pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Vanilla OS is moving to Debian with version 2. I don'tthink they have a KDE version, though.

[–] Piwix@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is a KDE flavor in development for vanilla but its not publicly available yet

[–] pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Ah, that's good to know. Thanks for the info!

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago

VanillaOS looks interesting - it uses Gnome by default, though.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

BTRFS snapshots :P