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What are the pros and cons for desktops ? EDIT : Thanks all. I'll try Silverblue, bazzite and more.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In order to avoid headaches I wouldn't use one today. Instead I'd use a stable OS like Debian Stable or Ubuntu LTS, and use an immutable systems to get applications that are too old in the main repos. For example via Flatpak, Snap and Docker. Stable OSes eliminate most of the non-user caused breakage. The remainder is learning to not break it yourself, which isn't horribly difficult. Once Debian or Ubuntu release an immutable desktop OS, I'd try it.

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago

I tried Silverblue for about an hour. Got pretty sick of "Changes queued for next boot. Run 'systemctl reboot' to start a reboot" real quick. I don't see how this is an improvement.

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