Peter Lustig's unlustiger verschollener Sohn mit weirden Interessen und Gadsen.
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You did everything right. Boot into the image that works, and then apply
rpm-ostree rollback. This reverses the broken image and the working one, so you'll boot into this one the next time you boot up until you change something in the order, e.g. by updating.In the meantime, wait a day or so and then update again.
On what channel are you on?
bazzite:latestorbazzite:stable?Hey! I'm new to this community and just wanted to say hi! :)
I have pretty much no clue what to expect here. I just find it cool to see other weirdos like myself, but with other interests, struggles and brains.
How often do those threads get posted? Weekly?
Just to start a conversation, a random thought I had today: How do you think would have neurodivergence shaped human society in the ages of hunters and gatherers?
What unique thing, that annoys you, like sensory overloads or pain tolerance, would have been an absolute gamechanger and huge advantage, when we didn't have shopping malls and Tinder, but wild berries and a camp fire?
Same. I still really love Gnome with my heart, but it just felt... inferior... compared to KDE 6.
Everything looked sharper, like if I had switched from 720p to 4k, I could access my hardware better (e.g. control the brightness of my monitor, etc.) and much more.
Regarding backups: check out, if your WiFi router supports network sharing. If so, you can just plug in an USB or external drive and share it over your local network
Whoops! Then it is even older, you're correct.Then it's a 2012 model.
I hate Apple with passion, but my GF has a 2013 Macbook, that is still getting security updates and is totally usable.
I replaced the spinning hard drive a while ago with a fast SSD, while using Clonezilla to copy the content and partitions of the drive.
And you know what? It started like a rocket. It has an Intel CPU, but I don't think installing Linux would have made it much better, especially UX wise.
MacOS is more than half the reason most people buy a Mac and not a cheap laptop.
Still nice meme tho. It's way more relatable than I want to admit it.
Here's my perspective. I'm exactly that kind of guy you mean.
As soon as someone mentions "immutable distro", I get triggered and start shilling for Bazzite et al.
Why you might ask? Because I like using it, and because the guys behind it are chill dudes with a great vision and a lot of know-how.
I'm just a normal guy without IT skills. I can't code myself, I can't review someone's else code, I can't do anything.
But I wish I could.
The only thing I am able to is making it more well known.If someone asks "What distro do you recommend for gaming?", I'll say "Bazzite".
Someone else might say "Arch", and another one "Tumbleweed". Everyone likes their own thing, and everyone shills for something else :)
I really wish your theory was real, then I could make some $$$, but everything here is FOSS. The devs are just as broke as I am...
Unused RAM is wasted RAM. Why not just use both? Install Windows, create a Linux VM, and inside the VM, another Windows box, with active WSL too of course.
Awesome! I didn't know this existed, but I definitely have to check that out. Thanks!
Usually only as long as I play games. After that, I shut it off. Why?
- I run Bazzite, which updates itself in the background, but needs a restart to complete
- It boots in seconds, because modern hard drives are crazy fast
- The standby-LED is annoying when I sleep
My laptop is usually on for a week, but I restart it from time to time, for the same reasons, and because devices need some sleep too! 😴
Fedora Atomic IS immutable. Rpm-ostree just layers (or hides) stuff on top of the already existing image. If you layer something, e.g. Nvidia drivers, you still download the same image everyone else uses, but basically compile the driver from fresh and put it on top. And that takes time. This is the reason using rpm-ostree to layer stuff is not recommended.
That's why uBlue exists for example. It gives you a sane start setup, where all drivers are already built in into the image. And then you can either use the clean base and add your own stuff to create your own image, or use already great ones like Bluefin or Bazzite, where everything you want is already included.
Atomic just means that every process is either completed without errors, or not at all. This way, you don't get an half updated and broken system for example in case you loose power. Happened to me quite a few times already, but never with Fedora Atomic.
Pretty much anything outside of
/var/(even/home/is placed inside/var/) is read-only, and if you want to modify your install, you have to build your own image. Therefore, it is both immutable AND atomic.That's why I prefer the term "image based"
- You can still apply updates live, e.g. on Bazzite (Fedora Atomic) with the
--apply-livetag (or however it's spelled). - The root partition isn't read only per se, but you have to change the upstream image itself instead of the one booted right now. You can use the uBlue-Builder for example to make your own custom Bazzite spin just for you if you want.
- Both aren't inherently secure or insecure. It's harder to brick your system, yeah, for sure, but you can still fuck up some partitions or get malware. It's just better because everything is transparently identifiable (ostree works like git), saved (fallback images), containerised and reproducible.
- And you can still install system software, e.g. by layering it via rpm-ostree. Or use rootful containers in Distrobox and keep using apt or Pacman in there.
FYI, the creators of Aurora/ Bazzite/ Bluefin are currently working on bootable CentOS stream based OCI images. This means, that you will get a LTS version, similar to Debian, but image based and WAY more slow paced.
My experience with uBlue has been flawless, but I don't know if I would recommend it to an elderly person, because they might change a bit, and change is a stress factor for many people that age.
KDE Connect has a remote feature for presentations. Maybe one can create a small interface/ WM for it?
For example, Niri WM, configured with just left, right, and laserpointer as confirmation button. Based on uBlue, so it updates itself. Does that sound practical?
I'm using it for years now to control the laptop from my couch? And it works great.
"Cloud native" means in this context, that the images are being built centrally by "the cloud" (in this case, it's GitHub actions, but could be replaced by something else) and then the identical copies of the OS are distributed downstream.
Contrary to traditional package manager based distros, this is more efficient and reliable.
At least that's the mission from what I know, but I also might be wrong. Then please correct me :)
You could maybe get an advertisement screen. You know, those you find at train stations and stores.
Maybe, you could even get something like those touch panels McDonald's uses, that would be nice!
The option(s) other commenters gave are great! But just to give you more options, I'll give you a few additional ideas.
- KDE Connect: You can still use a normal desktop (preferably KDE or Gnome), set your display scale to 150+%, and then use your phone remotely to control the cursor, media playback, and more.
- Bazzite: often used to replace SteamOS, it also boots into Steam big picture mode by default, where you can set applications in the start menu. It has a nice console-like interface, and you don't have to maintain anything, e.g. updating. It also supports Waydroid and webapps by default.
- An old laptop or mini-PC with Bluefin or Aurora. They are basically like Bazzite, but without gaming stuff. You can set the display scale to 200% and enjoy a worry-free experience. Optionally, you can install Phosh or Plasma Mobile on top, which is made for mobile devices.
If you're a fan of that principle, then consider checking out Logseq.
It's main workflow is that you use the Journal page and write down everything that's on your mind, may it be projects, research, social stuff, or whatever.
And while writing, you link that stuff with other stuff, and in the end, even when forgetting the exact search cues, you can go hunting for words mentally, and always find what you wrote months ago.
Obsidian, the competitor of it, is also great, but more similar to traditional note taking software, and therefore more hierarchical.
Logseq is FOSS too btw!
I recommend you doing so, but not as a security measure, more of so as a "keeping everything organised"-measure.
I like to keep my host OS clean and install everything containerised