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Make any Distro Immutable (github.com)

submitted 9 months ago by actual_patience@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It is by design non-invasive and should work on any distro which meets the requirements; Btrfs root and systemd-boot bootloader. With non-invasive I mean; it doesn't mess with your normal OS and its configuration, it can be rolled out, toyed around with and just as easily be removed again.

Taken from reddit:

I think this is the best approach to immutability. I don't want heavy abstraction and I don't want containers.

A system I can deploy anytime and rollback on is all I needed.

When I have time, I will include this in my setup.

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[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 13 points 9 months ago

Why no containers?

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

and systemd-boot bootloader. With non-invasive I mean; it doesn't mess with your normal OS and its configuration

Well, there's the problem...

[–] actual_patience@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I much prefer it over grub. I don't think there's any other bootloader's that support btrfs snapshots.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There's this.

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To get a truly immutable experience install use squashfs instead :D

[–] actual_patience@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Could you pass me a link to an example setup?

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

It's a joke; squashfs is read-only :D Stuff's used on routers and similar stuff