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  • T0RB1TtoLinux@lemmy.mlImmutable Distro Opinions
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    7 days ago

    If we’re asking what people mean when they use those descriptors, then you’re correct.

    However, literally speaking, in this context, immutable only means read-only, and atomic only means that updates are applied all-at-once or not at all (no weird in-between state if your update crashes halfway through).

    The rest of the features (rollbacks, containerization, and immutable meaning full system image updates) are typically implied, but not explicitly part of the definition.




  • I’ve noticed that almost everyone has missed the most “cloud-native” aspect of the Universal Blue project: The build process.

    What’s really cool about this is that the images are built in a “cloud-native” way. Right now, they’re just using Github’s actions pipeline to push images. This does a couple of very cool things.

    First: It means that any image that gets sent to your device was already built on a system and checked as OK. It’s still technically possible that a bad image could get pushed, but the likelihood is extremely low because they are tested as a single cohesive unit before being sent to anyone else’s device.

    With traditional distros packages are built on a system and tested, but they’re not necessarily tested in a single common environment that is significantly similar between everyone’s device. This largely deals with dependency hell, and weirder configurations that cause hard-to-diagnose problems.

    Second: It also simplifies the build process for the Universal Blue team because they are able to take the existing cloud native images from fedora and just apply some simple patches on top of that. While doing this in a traditional distro way as I understand it would be far more complicated. This is why Universal Blue was able to update their images to Fedora 41 like… 24 hours after release? It was crazy fast.

    The creator of Universal Blue is also on the fediverse! I don’t know if this will actually ping them, but it’s worth a try.

    @[email protected]

    @[email protected]


  • T0RB1TtoJust Post@lemmy.worldI still find people who do this
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    19 days ago

    I can’t not notice it. It jumps out at me, the exact same as when someone does a non-three-dot ellipse.

    I feel like the Monty Python priest with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

    “Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.”













  • T0RB1TtoOpen Source@lemmy.mlVentoy Update
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    3 months ago

    I’m gonna be honest, when I read this, I initially thought it was a joke answer by a community menber. The joke being about vague hand-wavy statements that people make when dodging questions.

    Then I realized it’s OP, and OP is ostensibly the actual developer. I have nothing specific to say about this situation, especially from a technical perspective, but this reply… why even bother?