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    2 days ago

    No it’s not. Fedora got pedantic about the term “immutable” but there are more than a few that use Atomic or Immutable and they are different things.

    Atomic is all-or-nothing upgrades, Immutable is a read-only OS structure (this is what Fedora got picky about as being ambiguous).


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    Atomic is all-or-nothing upgrades / block upgrades instead of individual packages

    Immutable is a read-only operating system root (yes, you have access to /etc, fedora got pedantic about this)

    You can have one, the other, or both, or none.

    See my reply to OP for sources but there are more than just the two I referenced.


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    Atomic is all-or-nothing upgrades / block upgrades instead of individual packages

    Immutable is a read-only operating system root (yes, you have access to /etc, fedora got pedantic about this)

    You can have one, the other, or both, or none.

    See my reply to OP for sources but there are more than just the two I referenced.


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    2 days ago

    No, they aren’t. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills reading these comments.

    Atomic is all-or-nothing upgrades / block upgrades instead of individual packages

    Immutable is a read-only operating system root (yes, you have access to /etc, fedora got pedantic about this)

    You can have one, the other, or both, or none.

    https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-core-an-immutable-linux-desktop

    https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/silverblue/

    What is an immutable operating system? Before we can discuss what differentiates Ubuntu Core from other immutable operating systems, we must first define the properties that make an OS immutable:

    Read-only: The primary characteristic of an immutable OS is that the running system cannot be directly modified by users or applications.

    Atomic updates: Updates are applied atomically; meaning they’re successfully applied all at once or not at all.

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    Edited for formatting.