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- Immutable: The OS is designed so that critical portions cannot be modified by the user, except when upgrading, downgrading, or removing the OS. Other immutabl
by commoner 4y ago
- Immutable: The OS is designed so that critical portions cannot be modified by the user, except when upgrading, downgrading, or removing the OS. Other immutable OSes such as Fedora Silverblue, Chrome OS, macOS, Android, and iOS also use this approach to improve their reliability.
- Atomic: Upgrades and downgrades to the OS are performed as whole releases that contain all package changes, instead of individual upgrades to packages. The OS is not designed for the user to accept only part of an OS upgrade. Userspace software is handled separately.
- Receives updates at the right time: The OS is not a bleeding-edge distro that adopts new software before it is stable enough for mass consumption. The OS is also not a stability-oriented distro that hangs on to old LTS versions of software as long as it can.
Vanilla OS seems to be targeting users who want a low-maintenance Linux distro that uses Flatpak, Snap, or AppImage for userspace software. If this is something you're into, then you should be interested.
- leke 4y agoIf you get some new hardware that doesn't quite work, are you able to do anything with the OS to get it working?
- commoner 4y agoVanilla OS gives these instructions for installing drivers: https://handbook.vanillaos.org/2022/12/10/install-additional-drivers.html https://handbook.vanillaos.org/2022/12/10/install-additional... From what I understand, the Linux kernel version is tied to the Vanilla OS release and can't be changed outside of upgrading or downgrading the OS.