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Yet another option is the stateless desktop, similar to mobile devices (and actually to some degree Windows 8+). The ability to do a reset/refresh without affec

by cmurf 12y ago

Yet another option is the stateless desktop, similar to mobile devices (and actually to some degree Windows 8+). The ability to do a reset/refresh without affecting user data or apps; and full system reset where all updates and user data are removed, e.g. returning to an OS state defined by a read-only image (which itself can be atomically replaced for major upgrades). What makes things a pain on Linux is applications have parts strewn all over the filesystem. My stuff has a /home, why isn't there an /OShome, and an /Appshome?

SSLy 12y ago
> What makes things a pain on Linux is applications have parts strewn all over the filesystem. All of them reside under `/usr`. At least with my distro. > My stuff has a /home, why isn't there an /OShome, and an /Appshome? With monolithic repositories,* how would you code it? * Ie. system and apps come from the same source, unlike eg os x where the distincion is clear.