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Post #42596 69
Atomic/Immutable - clarification

I've recently tried Fedora Atomic spin (Kionite), and I was under an impression that atomic and immutable are the same thing. But I got this feeling that maybe it's not.

Kionite is definitely atomic. All updates are installed on a non-active image, and the new image is loaded after a restart. However, it's most definitely mutable - I can install whatever RPMs from any souce, on the system level. It's just requires a restart to take effect.

I haven't used Bazzite, but from what I heard, it is immutable and it's not possible to install whatever random RPMs. You actually must use DistroBox and Flatpak.

Am I getting this right? Kionite is atomic. Bazzite is both atomic and immutable.

I'm guessing, the main advantage of an immutable distro is that it's even more difficult to break it. It's also probably more sandboxed and should be more secure. But would it really be a significant advantage for a regular user?

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Post #42595 58
You don’t need a new laptop you need Linux

I have an i5 from 2018 with 20 GB RAM, I tested it opening the following apps and it was still running smooth with the fan barely working:

\- chromium 50 apps, 5 of which playing a YouTube video
\- blender3d
\- krita
\- kalc
\- kate
\- libreOffice Writer
\- KolourPaint
\- Spotify
\- Konversation
\- Konqueror
\- Marknote

And as you can deduct: Plasma

This runs much smoother and cooler (as in cold) than the so called optimized OS: macOS on a 2020 laptop.

And I am pretty sure that these apps could be written even better.

You don’t need a new laptop, save an old laptop save the money and go on a vacation instead.

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Post #42592 59
Newbie's intro

I am a fresh computer science student. I want to purchase a laptop to run Linux on, so I can learn how to use terminal commands, and also continue learning C++, Python, and Java. The only think I know about Linux is that it is obviously an operating system, but there are different versions called distros? How do I pick the best version for just coding and web searches? That's really all I'd need. I'm somewhat comfortable with Windows 10 and it's command prompt / powershell, if that context matters here.

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Just looking for tips on the correct direction to head!

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