So I’ve recently taken an interest in these three distros:

All of these offer something very interesting:
Access to (basically) all Linux-capable software, no matter from what repo.

Both NixOS and blendOS are based on config files, from which your system is basically derived from, and Vanilla OS uses a package manager apx to install from any given repo, regardless of distribution.

While I’ve looked into Fedora Silverblue, that distro is limited to only install Flatpaks (edit: no, not really), which is fine for “apps”, but seems to be more of a problem with managing system- and CLI tools.

I haven’t distro hopped yet, as I’m still on Manjaro GNOME on my devices.

What are your thoughts on the three distros mentioned above?
Which ones are the most interesting, and for what reasons?

Personally, I’m mostly interested in NixOS & blendOS, as I believe they may have more advantages compared to Arch;

What do you think?

  • tanja@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
    4·
    1 year ago

    Thank you; that was very insightful 😊

    Also: I think rpm-ostree only supports rpm-based packages, tho; right?

    Can I install .deb software too?
    And is there any kind of system-as-a-config-file kind of solution available like in NixOS or blendOS?

    • andruid
      4·
      1 year ago

      For other systems I think distrobox and toolbox are kind the intended way to mess with them. For configuration as code ansible is a popular answer.

        • andruid
          2·
          1 year ago

          It depends on if the changes needs it or not. You can set a reboot flag on a given task and at the end the system will reboot, but if no reboot is needed then it will just make the change live.

    • zhenbo_endle@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Also: I think rpm-ostree only supports rpm-based packages, tho; right?

      Can I install .deb software too?

      I don’t think rpm-ostree could support .deb softwares, just like dnf/yum can’t support deb packages.

      Can you share your use case for trying to install a deb package in Fedora? I’m just curious.

      And is there any kind of system-as-a-config-file kind of solution available like in NixOS or blendOS?

      Good question. I only have a few computers, so I had never considered about it.