Today I have something very exciting to share: the Alpha release of KDE Linux, KDE’s new operating system! Many of you may be familiar with KDE Linux already through Harald Sitter’s 202…
KDE Linux has an “immutable base OS”, shipped as a single read-only image. Btrfs is the base file system, Wayland is the display server, PipeWire is the sound server, Flatpak gets you apps, and Systemd is the glue to hold everything together.
I’ve been interested in the immutable OSes like Bazzite, but I haven’t tried any yet. Anyone else have experience with it?
They’re good as a gaming/day to day use distros. It’s a bit annoying when you start needing to install things on the root level. It’s doable, but not as straightforward as on your regular distro. I have bazzite htpc as my basement steam console and it’s been fantastic (one issue with suspension but no big deal, I just shut it down when I’m done).
I also have it on a laptop that I use sometimes before bed to watch something or do something on the browser. They’re great if you want something that just works.
I tried VanillaOS for a bit but not for long enough to really get into it. One challenge I had was limited Linux experience, and Vanilla wrote their own everything. I found it to be a bit too much for the light experimenting I like to do.
I’ve been interested in the immutable OSes like Bazzite, but I haven’t tried any yet. Anyone else have experience with it?
Bazzite is very solid, it just keeps working
They’re good as a gaming/day to day use distros. It’s a bit annoying when you start needing to install things on the root level. It’s doable, but not as straightforward as on your regular distro. I have bazzite htpc as my basement steam console and it’s been fantastic (one issue with suspension but no big deal, I just shut it down when I’m done).
I also have it on a laptop that I use sometimes before bed to watch something or do something on the browser. They’re great if you want something that just works.
My main rig runs cachy OS.
I tried VanillaOS for a bit but not for long enough to really get into it. One challenge I had was limited Linux experience, and Vanilla wrote their own everything. I found it to be a bit too much for the light experimenting I like to do.
Haven’t tried any others yet.