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Re:Spectrum OS: a declarative, reproducible, compartmentaliz... by nerdponx on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:20PM (#28532864)
For a non-Nix user, what do you mean by "app state"? Things like config files?
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Re:Spectrum OS: a declarative, reproducible, compartmentaliz... by lijogdfljk on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:29AM (#28552287)
Correct. Though sometimes apps also store little files as local databases, effectively, and switching versions of the apps can jack with that file as well. Making rollbacks more difficult
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