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Comparison between NixOS vs blendOS vs Vanilla OS: what to pick and why?
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No. Your understanding to Fedora Silverblue is wrong. I can just run
rpm-ostree install package.namein Silverblue, like other Fedora spins. The small disadvantage is that I need to reboot to apply this update. (re-construct)Well, you can call it snapshots, but there is no need to think about it. In most cases, the system points to the newest snapshot (deployment 0). If a rollback is needed, I can pin to the older deployments. When a major change is to be applied (Like bump Fedora version), I'd manually mark the current deployment as dont-auto-delete.
I never used toolbox in my Fedora Silverblue system. I feel that I can't tell the difference between using Silverblue and the default Fedora spin
Thank you; that was very insightful 😊
Also: I think
rpm-ostreeonly supports rpm-based packages, tho; right?Can I install
.debsoftware too?And is there any kind of system-as-a-config-file kind of solution available like in NixOS or blendOS?
For other systems I think distrobox and toolbox are kind the intended way to mess with them. For configuration as code ansible is a popular answer.
How well does Ansible work when I want to change my config? Is a quick reboot sufficient!
It depends on if the changes needs it or not. You can set a reboot flag on a given task and at the end the system will reboot, but if no reboot is needed then it will just make the change live.