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Re:Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you? by ilbeeper on Thursday December 26, 2024 @04:22AM (#42514104)
The difference is that one is immutable and the other is not. One can be rolled back to earlier version while retaining user data and the other doesn't offer that ability.
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Re:Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you? by SR2Z on Thursday December 26, 2024 @12:10PM (#42516332)
Sure, but the GKE autoscaler will happily erase and recreate machines whenever it wants.

Divergences from the base image are inherently limited because of that.

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Re:Are Immutable Linux Distros right for you? by ilbeeper on Thursday December 26, 2024 @05:57PM (#42518514)
Despite the name, that's not what immutable distros are for. GKE won't let yet restore previous generation of configured and component versioned base image.
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