I think what it means is that your OS layer is totally isolated from your User layer. So, installing software won't directly mess with your system, possibly breaking things.
Everything is isolated, so it is easy to add thing or roll back with practically no obstacles or consequences.
Neat. I was wondering how to do that.
This has officially won me over. I am not a minimalist, nor do I have some principled view of package management. I care about computing, and I am all for anything that makes it easier. I am the kind of person who wants all the software I will ever think to use already installed. I see my computer like a library. It is a castle, not a tiny home. I don't give a shit about "wasted space." I can always buy more.
Containerization is awesome, and I will embrace it.
Just curious, what distro are you on right now?
If I ever get bored of Mint I am jumping back on there. OpenSuse is as perfect a linux distro I have ever used, excepting my graphic driver woes.
Nice! May I ask what is your base system?
I was about to ask if Kagi is worth paying for, but their website does a tremendous job of selling it. I am going to have to give up a subscription to afford it, but I think it will be worth it. Actually... maybe not. I pay for everything annually when I can. Too bad they don't have that option, but it makes sense when their are hard limits to searches and features between tiers.
Whoa. I had not considered backing Home that way! That is slick.
Honestly, reinstalling or moving to a new distro is such a bear precisely due to the time setting up my environment and all the software. I KNOW I can script all this, or at least have a list of packages I use, but it does not really work when different package managers use different naming schemes.
That is a cool use case! I am learning so much about the benefits of Flatpak, not just an easy way to get software.
Most software does not change that significantly, so there is no loss in holding back, and usually just the benefits of not breaking your workflow, or your system.
That is a good point I have not encountered too often. I don't tend to customize the programs I use. I tend to just learn the defaults for that program.
Anyways, people keep recommending FlatSeal, which is a graphical way to customize Flatpak permissions, so that may be helpful to you.
I usually use the terminal, so that is something I need to make sure of. Otherwise, using the Software Store I can explicitly choose which version to use.
Okay, I was between this and OpenSuse MicroOS. I guess it makes sense to use the distro by the company that makes the technology I want.