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For someone coming from Arch, that could be a tough sell. When I tried it, I was greeted with numerous instances where I couldn’t find the software I needed or expected and didn’t understand or know how to acquire because it wasn’t in the add/remove software at all (no flatpak available).
I get why people think atomic/immutable OSes are the future — it’s just not for me presently.
Fair enough, it's not well explained. If something isn't available, install it in a distrobox and export it, same effect, but you keep your OS clean...
I'm ex-Arch, but I use Arch distroboxes (yes, plural) for dev work. All the AUR goodness, none of the OS stability issues, it's glorious.