Atomic Linux

I'd been running KDE Linux on my Lenovo X280 for a few months and enjoy it simplicity. I have an aversion to Flatpaks and for me it's still the biggest issue with KDE Linux. Dependency bundling is both a blessing and a curse, there's never an issue with mixing versions of libraries or drivers but it also means duplication of these. Removing unused runtimes doesn't (always) work. Sandboxing that is supposedly another benefit is overstated. Apps need alot of permissions, an IDE needs access to your home directory, ssh access, network access etc. At this point why bother having permissions. Additionally the UI detailing permissions is misleading. As a result of this I ran a few apps in distrobox which is a great piece of software. But clearly this has some of the same issues that Flatpak does. Anyway the benefits of an atomic distro are great, the root file system remains read-only and updates are applied to a system as a whole. If there's an issue you just rebase to a known good state.…

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