not op but here's my reasons: I want my apps to be able to talk to each other. So flatpak is just in the way. Also, I don't see the point of immutable distros. I could boot off of btrfs snapshots years ago. Immutability gives me absolutely nothing of value either

[–] uawarebrah@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It hugely improves privacy and security

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 15 hours ago

no, it doesn't. Stuff doesn't have write access to / anyway. Immutability just means that I don't have write access either. Which makes no sene to me.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

How so?

The benefit is easy roll backs and roll forwards. The system is the same from a security perspective.

[–] HayadSont@discuss.online 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want my apps to be able to talk to each other. So flatpak is just in the way.

This is (at least somewhat of) a legit concern. But is mostly directed towards Flatpak's limitations in its current implementation.

Also, I don’t see the point of immutable distros. I could boot off of btrfs snapshots years ago. Immutability gives me absolutely nothing of value either

Have you ever wondered why openSUSE started working on (what would eventually become) Aeon while they had previously pioneered the BTRFS + Snapper workflow with Tumbleweed? I believe you may find the point of immutable distros in there 😉.

[–] nico198x@europe.pub 3 points 1 day ago

I dig immutability for servers, grandma, and productivity laptops.

I think it fills a nice niche in the Linux ecosystem, even if I still prefer my custom prime desktop.