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I think the paradigm shift is/was Fedora Silverblue, OSTree/bootc. Using these immutable distro tools makes it really easy to build your own distributions.

Besides that, IIRC this is based on Fedora, so it stands on the shoulders of over two decades of work on Fedora.

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> Besides that, IIRC this is based on Fedora, so it stands on the shoulders of over two decades of work on Fedora.

Surely I'd use Fedora Silverblue if I wanted an immutable Fedora.

Maybe. The appeal of distros like these is lost on those who know linux well. If you are new to linux, the difference between Aurora/Bazzite/Bluefin and base fedora (silverblue, kinoite) can be like day and night.

The catch with immutable linux is that it can be hard or undesirable to install some core parts like window managers or docker.

So much better approach is to get most of what you prefer by picking right distro. On the other hand ublue makes it very upproachable to make such distros (even yourself). Thats why there are so many of them.

This. In similar vein, buddy just converted few people to bazzite. I think the idea itself is neat ( we are only a step away now from combining that and qubes ). I am on kinoite myself for my ai dedicated box.

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