I have been eyeing up Fedora Onyx for the immutable root

totallywrong · on Nov 22, 2023

I've been using an immutable Fedora for quite a while now and it's amazing. I use toolbox and run everything in containers, including GUI apps, so not even using Flatpak which I'm not a big fan of. I think I have like 3 or 4 packages installed on top of the base image. The peace of mind while upgrading can't be overstated. Highly recommended.

vorticalbox · on Nov 22, 2023

I run mongodb for work and that requires openssl1.

On Ubuntu I just copy the libs over to /usr/lib

But that wouldn't be an option on an immutable system.

I will look into toolbox.

Edit: looks like tool box is exactly what I'm after!

stingraycharles · on Nov 22, 2023

You mean Fedora Silverblue? Haven’t heard of Onyx.

Edit: ok so I learned about Onyx, which appears to be doing roughly the same thing?

palebluedot · on Nov 22, 2023

There are different spins of Fedora that are immutable and based on rpm-ostree and flatpaks, the variation being the desktop manager environment:

* Silverblue: GNOME

* Onyx: Budgie

* Kinoite: KDE Plasma

* Sericea: Sway

bryanlarsen · on Nov 22, 2023

And don't forget the community spins based off ublue, like Bazzite!

KAMSPioneer · on Nov 22, 2023

Just installed Onyx yesterday on my work machine! So far so good, some niggles as always (it's my first time using Budgie), but overall fairly usable and easy.