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> Long term support Intuitively, this seems opposite, because you could obviously 'mutate' (or mutilate) your Debian system until the updates break. Isolating
by flomo 2y ago
> Long term support
Intuitively, this seems opposite, because you could obviously 'mutate' (or mutilate) your Debian system until the updates break. Isolating user changes should make updates easier, not harder. Also MacOS uses a 'sealed' system volume and updates are like butter there.
- talldayo 2y ago> Also MacOS uses a 'sealed' system volume and updates are like butter there. Smooth as in "no data loss", sure. Smooth as in "supports the software I buy and use for long periods of time" is most certainly not true, even despite half the software for Mac being statically linked. Windows and Linux arguably do better at keeping system functionality across updates even with their fundamental disadvantages.
- Groxx 2y agoWhile true, this isn't even slightly related to the os being "immutable" or not. Immutable-OS upgrades can and do break things - that's the reason it's even a thing. They just give you a reliable rollback.