Re:Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you?
by UltraSane on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @08:25AM
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Immutable distros are a good fit for very mature Infrastructure as Code setups. They make drift from the original config impossible.
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Re:Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you?
by packetlost on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @02:18PM
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IME you don't need a mature IaC setup to have it work well, especially if you've bought into containerization
Re:Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you?
by shatsky on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @07:54PM
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>make drift from the original config impossible
NixOS makes that too, its whole "system closure" is as immutable as every single store unit within it. But NixOS "reuses" units which are unaffected by NixOS config changes when applying new config, making its "system rebuild" super fast and light on resources when something like a single config file is changed in NixOS config