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These lefty judges always trying to get their moment and later will get smacked down, but they don't care because they look like heros to the ones that cheer them on.
Damn. Ah well, Alligator Alcatraz was too good to be true anyway, bet Trump's bummed. Will he also be ordered to hire the illegal invaders held there to help tear it down?
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I knew a restauranteur in Mississippi who went to the Buffalo Trace distillery and personally selected and paid for a barrel of Pappy van Winkle to be bottled and exclusively sold at his restaurants. In MS, all liquor goes through a central, state-run warehouse. When the cases of Pappy arrived, the state parceled them out amongst the liquor stores around the state and distributed them, instead of sending them to his restaurants. He had to eat the cost and do it again.
I would pay the distillery to make a run of the cheapest and most horrible tasting shit on the planet, e.g. ethanol and hot pepper oil, just out of spite.
Provincial alcohol sales are either wholly controlled by the Province or partly, meaning the Province has stores that compete with what we call Beer & Wines.
Gaming will always take the lead—gamers are usually quick to chase the newest and shiniest things. Bluefin/Aurora adoption takes a bit longer because developers have to adjust their workflows, and there’s still this odd stigma around atomics. People assume you “can’t do things” on an atomic distro that you can on a traditional one, when in reality it’s mostly the same—just a slightly different approach in certain areas. Like with Nix, once it clicks, the pros far outweigh the cons. Personally, Bluefin has made me a more organised and efficient developer.
I can't upload the images for some reason but here's the current numbers for the ublue spins - Bazzite: 26k users -> bazzite.json - Bluefin: 1.9k users -> bluefin.json - Bluefin LTS: 40 users -> bluefin-lts.json - Aurora: 1.3k users -> aurora.json
I would love to hear a pro about atomic distros that isn't some vague platitude about security or stability. I have zero security/stability problems on my 'normal' Fedora.
As someone who has steadfastly avoided atomic distros because it sounds like an arseache and the last thing I want is more busywork. Convince me to switch!
I don't think I've even tinkered with Bazzite since installing it. It just works. You do have to get used to container workflows and using flathub but its a marginal amount of overhead for improved security. Bonus points: you can lazy install lots of apps with distrobox, for example you can install .deb files, .rpm files, pull from the AUR, its no biggy, and its all preconfigured and easy to setup.
It's also nice to be able to rebase your distro whenever you want to try out different spins and features, makes inter-fedora atomic distro hopping easy without destroying your configs.
Thanks for the response, though up to this sentence I'm hearing extra busywork and slow/annoying containerising, in exchange for vague security platitude and a tool which I can already use.
It's also nice to be able to rebase your distro whenever you want to try out different spins and features, makes inter-fedora atomic distro hopping easy without destroying your configs.
I'm interested by this. Is there a uniqueness to Atomic setups such that you can keep your user partition, GNOME configs, etc. and swap out the Fedora distro underneath?
Yep, I can for example rebase from Bazzite to Secureblue and keep all of my configs intact for say, KDE. So if a project goes fubar you aren't out of luck and need to reinstall and reconfig linux, its trivial to rebase/"swap distro", its a single command that looks like this
rpm-ostree rebase ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-dx-nvidia:stable
All programs, files, configs, etc are intact in your home directory. I've swapped between user created spins for different DEs like Cosmic and so on, whats cool is its all preconfigured to run well under bazzites kernel. Image based upgrades are also very nice, theres inevitably config drift that messes with performance or updates can break your setup on other distros, image based means the devs tweak every interaction and push it all to you with the least effort possible on your part.
This is very cool, and I can suddenly see atomic being useful for certain circumstances. Won't be using it for my personal computer main driver, but hopping/resetting this is easily attracts me so. Thank you!
rpm-ostree is pretty nifty in general, it functions like git so it reapplies each of your configs over what the devs do each time you upgrade, leading to as little config drift and broken upgrades as possible. each upgrade feels like a fresh install imo
Security isn’t really one, but saying don’t mention stability is proving the point—Fedora goes to ten, but Silverblue goes to eleven. That’s like saying, “tell me why Arch is good without mentioning the up-to-date packages.”
For Bluefin, it had everything I was doing with Fedora and then Silverblue OTB, and then some things I didn’t realize I needed. Yes, you can run a container-focused workflow in Fedora, but atomics keep you focused on good practices. With Fedora, my system became a bit of a dependency hell with Python and npm packages; now I have a container per project that can either have its own home dir or just seamlessly integrate with my main system.
I’m the whole IT and dev department for my company, so I would often have dedicated VMs etc. for each focus. Now everything is just seamlessly in my system.
It’s a bit of a reset for sure what isn't, but once it’s done you know you can just hit the power button and everything is there ready to go.
I’m getting into rolling my own spin at the moment for our thin clients as they only have 16GB of space, and that’s been really easy to set up. Now I have a trimmed-down Bluefin that comes packaged with Remmina, and I can deploy updates just by updating some files on GitHub. It's really not more busywork, pretty much the opposite for me, my root is basically /var and anything lower level I don't really need to be messing about with on a workstaiton. I have all my tools most out of the box. I have every language package esp elixir thanks to brew have you tried setting up iex on Ubuntu it's dog egg. On bluefin, I just brew install elixir.
saying don’t mention stability is proving the point
My point is that stability is already 100% fine for me now. So saying you'll make my already rock-solid experience somehow more stable is meaningless. As a power user for over a decade, I've personally experienced zero issues where I wished Fedora was somehow more stable. It's like telling me that Silverblue connects to the internet - Like yes, I already have that.
From what I'm reading, it sounds like the singular 'pro' is being forced to do cleaner, more self-contained practices. I can totally see how that would be helpful for some people. But personally, I would genuinely despise that kind of restriction.
I'm admittedly the kind of person who hates being forced to do the 'best practice' thing. I'm genuinely happy that my Linux distro will me rm -rf the root partition (with an 'are you sure' prompt these days 😀 ). I'm happy that if I really want to purge the kernel package with dnf, then I can. I want (and kind of need) my freedom to make a mess, if I tell Linux to jump, it will goddamn jump, even if it's a bad practice technically terrible decision. I have zero interest in going all around the houses just to do it the technically correct (and sometimes less-effort-in-the-long-run) way. If I ever want a clean plate, I can still spin up a container just like you're saying.
So I get the feeling that atomic is very much not for me, which is what I suspected 😀 Very glad that people like yourself find it an improvement, that's what flavours are for!
Exactly that. It's not the be all and end all for Linux, nothing ever will be and that's OK. Some people have had a few issues, especially when Fedora was in the 30s. Just did a quick search, even this year some users reporting it borking itself. But like you, I have never had an issue, but when I deploy machines that are 100 miles from me, I don't want to deal with that, same for my work machines.
Bazzite works really well for my living room PC, wife approved PS5 replacement. Again, for my personal gaming rig I don't want to get home go to game and have to deal with some dependency issue. I put Bluefin on my field laptop because again I use it sporadically, and it'll update on boot if it was cachyOS or workstation there's a chance it could drift out of spec enough to bork.
So yeah I love the Atomics, but I was prob 90% the way there before Silverblue came about and 95% there when the Ublue stuff stated rolling out.
Like a lot of things Linux it's not the future of Linux but its a future I think.
I switched from Fedora KDE to Kinoite a few months ago. Both were 100% stable for me as well.
The main reason I switched to Kinoite is because I'm a digital hoarder and after 5 years or so all my systems are completely trashed with various libraries, 12 different PHP/.NET versions, custom builds and a bazillion Python packages.
In the end it always causes issues like my builds stop working because I have some ancient version of a library stashed away somewhere.
Immutable distros are really easy to return to "factory defaults". It keeps a list of all the packages that are installed on the system and everything else now goes in Toolboxes, Distroboxes or Docker containers. If I mess up my C++ environment (again) I can just delete that toolbox and start from scratch.
I still manage to bloat my home directory but that is much easier to clean up than looking through all system files.
I switched to fedora for stability and pretty consistently each major update would break my computer. I switched to fedora silverblue and everything is so much simpler and upgrading is a breeze. A few times I have missed the simplicity of just installing random obscure software or toolkits for school but typically I can use containers and that also works nicely.
I also prefer using containers anyways because that aligns with how I mentally organize things. Flatpak has basically everything I need so that’s not a concern either.
Edit: I see you don’t benefit from stability, so don’t worry about that bit. It benefits me greatly though.
IME the nicest part of Bazzite is not having to manage it. To that end, it works on my Steam Deck. But that's nothing to do with stability, as you say. In its own ways it's more annoying to use than a regular distro.
Clearly people are finding use for it, but I personally find those annoying aspects needless speedbumps in my own usage. Except for, again, on my Steam Deck.
Why? If your computer is working fine there's no reason to mess with it. bootc images are for people who do not want to use whatever you mean by 'normal' Fedora.
Because I was being told the pros outweight the cons, and if I can get a better OS, then I want it? I feel like it was a reasonable question and we had a good conversation out of it.
I also put 'normal' in quotes myself, I obviously meant a non-atomic Fedora.
I feel like you're coming across unnecessarily dismissively here, when I was just out for a nice conversation on the benefit of atomic setups (and got one! 😀 ).
j0rge is one of the main devs of bazzite and theres a lot of very strange people in this thread on lemmy.ml chumming the waters here, atomic distros doing well apparently bring out the worst in the strangest linux nerds who think their way of life is under attack. On hexbear a lot of these people causing a ruckus probably aren't even viewable
edit: yeah the thread here on lemmy.ml has 153 comments currently and on hexbear its 63 and much more tame, lol
I'm told my cute'n'calm Hexbear instance means there's a lot of drama here I can't see. So apologies if my tone comes off badly in the ol' .ml context.
Rest assured I was just out for fun conversation to learn about atomic stuff 😀 Hope the rest of this thread ain't too stressful.
Bluefin/Aurora adoption takes a bit longer because developers have to adjust their workflows, and there’s still this odd stigma around atomics.
Bluefin maintainer here, our target audience are container people, not people who want to adjust their workflows. The people we cater to don't have an opinion on "atomics" because no one's ever heard of that term. They've heard of docker or podman though.
I honestly don't know what any of that means. I use Bazzite for automatic updates, Gnome extensions, Portal/ujust commands, update rollbacks, and game mode/Gamescope. It's simply the most usable distro I've found. Bazaar is a nice bonus too. Gnome Software has infuriated me for a long time and I feel like a crazy person because no one talks about it.
I used Nobara for about a month and was constantly pestered with update notifications. There were multiple updaters, I didn't really understand how to use either of them, and they required a lot of manual input. Eventually I tried to do something else while the updater was running and broke it.
He's not talking about Bazzite, though. Bluefin and Aurora are built from the same cloud tech as Bazzite, but are more focused towards devs, specifically devs who use containers.
Thanks Jorge the good work! I had been using silverblue for years and now I'm running machines with bazzite, bluefin, and ucore os. I really, really enjoy how easy to manage atomic distros are, and how they steer you towards better practices (in dev and sysadmin) by design. Thanks!
Very fun, I've been rocking Fedora workstation for years. If Fedora could take off as the gaming distro that'd be great, I'll get even more up-to-date top-notch graphics drivers without having to change distros
I've been running Garuda on my main rig for a minute. I thought all would be good but some of my music production stuff has been a bit slow to catch up as far as updates in the AUR vs the official .deb releases (and I haven't tinkered enough to just make that work myself).
Being able to install .deb otb seems nice; I was planning on running a new framework 12 laptop on it (which I dream of getting for a new performance rig for my music) but I may install it on my current performance rig to see how it runs.
How well does it play with nvidia? If it's all good and I eventually switch on my main rig I'd love to be able to run a local GPU supported AI. I know that for nvidia I have to have drivers that support cuda stuff.
Nvidia open source drivers are working pretty good, I have no complaints. Local AI stuff can be a little annoying to setup as a beginner I bet, but if you run it through llama.cpp its smooth sailing. I recommend something like StabilityMatrix (app image) if you have no clue whats going on
On the HTPC you're running Bazzite? Do you play games on that machine?
I'm planning on setting up a HTPC, but I won't use it for gaming. I was thinking of setting it up to run Sway because I think I'll mostly be using Kodi which has good keyboard support, so why not try to do everything in a keyboard-friendly way.
Sorry, replying late. Yes, I do play games on my HTPC, though lately I've mostly been using to watch things through Kodi. Kodi does indeed work well with a keyboard, so good luck on your project!
Thanks. In theory if I do change my mind and run Steam on my HTPC, it should work even if I don't use Bazzite. But, for now, I'm going to aim for keyboard control and Kodi.
I started on Bazzite but transitioned to Aurora for my personal PC and wife's laptop. God I wish I could use it for work. I'm forced to use Windows or Mac.
Hey, I'm one of those! Started using Bazzite in July, have absolutely fallen in love. My whole gaming library is available, which has been a real first for me with Linux.
Thanks! I am still very new to Linux and have been learning the OS through OpenSUSE on an old laptop. Still debating which Linux distro to switch to for the windows desktop (the one with the 1080)
I'm rolling a 1080 on Bazzite and it's worked great for me, as well as NVIDIA does on Linux generally. Which is to say, much better than it was 2+ years ago but still could do with some improvements.
Like the other poster said, the open drivers aren't for the 10-series and earlier. It's because the microcode that NVIDIA wants to keep proprietary is within the GPU on later series, rather than the driver.
Same here also on a 1080, but with the closed-source drivers. There's some issue they've had for at least the 6ish months I've been using it where with my dual screen setup sometimes hangs. Apparently it's a known bug and they haven't fixed it. It hits me about once every couple of weeks these days. Other than that it has run every game I've tried as well as Windows.
It seems better now than it was a few months ago. Back then it actually locked up my machine if I triggered the bug. Now it just temporarily slows things down.
But, I haven't gambled on running a few apps that would regularly trigger it just in case. What's funny is that modern Steam games are no problem, but it's running emulated games using Emulation Station that causes problems. Games from 2024, no problem. Games from 1984? Hey, that's pushing it.
That’s not the case for the newer open source drivers from nvidia. They’re only compatible with the last few generations of cards but they’re performant and the only feature they lack is CUDA to my knowledge. Not talking nouveau here
cuda works fine on 4070 right now, though iirc certain specific things dont run well and are a little funky in comparison. i think it was ollama? but llama.cpp seems to work fine, same with things like comfyui
No they have CUDA. The open driver from Nvidia just means the kernel module has an open source license. They are still the same proprietary pieces of shit that you know and love from a user space perspective.
20XX onwards in desktop version is fine. I've only heard issues when using gaming mode on the HTPC version, and even then i think it's just inside the gamescope steam menu it's shit, in games it's just fine, no difference.
But yes, since the trend chart is showing immutable distros and how Bazzite is growing, I am saying the fact that Bazzite is immutable has nothing to do with it's growth.
Edit: Reading again, I realize you might not know that Fedora Atomic is the immutable base. 😉
The Bazzite team doesn't control the wikipedia page, just the official documentation. Someone made up the term "immutable design", that's not a thing it's just a container. There's no need to confuse people just call it bazzite or a container. Atomic is a fedora brand name, it's not a thing to classify things under.
As you can see from the comments in the thread all this does is confuse people.
"Immutable": A term to describe Linux operating systems that do not follow the traditional filesystem layout where every single file can be removed by the user with root privileges. It is more nuanced than this in the case of Bazzite, but is still considered "immutable" from the point of view of the extended Linux community. The Bazzite team would not describe Bazzite as an "immutable" operating system.
I disagree with you fundamentally, if it wasn't for the simple updates and stability this would not have the success that it does. The image is part of the model.
Ubuntu used to be one of the best gaming desktops that was still very stable and usable for everything else, but Canonical has been ruining it to make it more aimed at business and making more ways to profit, so Fedora has been filling the gap IMHO. Still some better dedicated gaming build distros, but Bazzite is good at being a gaming distro that works well as a productivity desktop too.
Bazzite is the Trendy Distro Of The Month, like Peppermint or Endeavor or Nobara or a frillion others. CachyOS is apparently next. Nearly constantly, you'll hear about some trendy new distro which is a fork of Ubuntu or Fedora or Arch that has a feature or two targeted at newcomers or gamers, and for awhile it gets heavily recommended on Reddit or Lemmy, then you stop hearing about it forever as the rest of the ecosystem adopts that feature or fixes the thing that feature was meant to be worked around, and then the cycle repeats.
Bazzite is targeted toward gamers, it emphasizes a solid onboarding experience with a configurator to choose/build your install media based on what you want to do with it, do you want a handheld or home theater experience or a keyboard and mouse desktop? Do you want it to boot to SteamOS or to a DE? Which DE? What hardware do you have? So their gimmick is to steer users through the initital config and setup process. Which as gimmicks go, that one is pretty solid.
MEANWHILE
Fedora's Atomic editions have no gimmicks at all. You have to independently learn that immutable distros exist, independently decide you want that, and then go hunting on their website through their godforsaken marketing wank to find it.
Fedora likes their bullshit branding. You go to their website, and there are big buttons for Fedora Workstation right next to Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop. "Workstation" does not mention that it's just the Gnome version. You have to stroll further down, past server, IoT and "Core" versions, to a section that looks visually different labeled "More Fedora Options" including Atomic and Spins. You're a new Linux user, you've just used the OS that came with your computer your whole life, explain to me what the difference between Core and Atomic is and why you should choose one over the other?
The Atomic versions, which is kind of a synonym for "immutable", you click on that, and you're presented with five options: Fedora Silverblue, Fedora Kinoite, Fedora Sway Atomic, Fedora Budgie Atomic, and Fedora Cosmic Atomic Nowhere in its name or description does Silverblue mention that it's the Gnome desktop one. Kinoite starts with a K and also mentions in the description it's the KDE atomic version. Also, "kinoite" is a godawful word, they should have gone with Kyanite instead, which is a different blue crystal. Or they should have just called it KDE Atomic or Plasma Atomic. The others just put the DE's name in the title LIKE A NORMAL PERSON, ROWAN.
I'd argue that this is already the current trend. I can't count the number of random Indian youtubers I recently got recommended to watch as they glaze CachyOS as the second coming of christ.
I am wary about invoking Apple here, but say what you will about the company, there's a lot of value in a braindead setup process. Many, many users just want something that just works - it was literally something I asked for when Linux was recommended to me (knowing some hate Ubuntu, I'll out myself: using Ubuntu Budgie - setup was super simple. I guess there must be demand for that niche in the broader Linux community, so that's a very smart move by Bazzite.
I did recommend Mint (although I use EndeavourOS myself), but he's not interested anymore.
It probably didn't help that I recently recommended him to buy Nvidia rather than AMD for a recent upgrade, because Nvidia had lower power requirements, and I don't his his PSU would have been able to handle the comparable AMD.
Bazzite is the option for Windows converts that want a gaming focused Linux desktop. A lot of people are going to nitpick it to death, because they want "Literally Windows but without Microsoft". Which isn't happening while Linux has the market share it has. You either accept a few annoyances (while advocating for those annoyances to be fixed), or go back to Windows and accept Microsoft's authoritarian control of your computer.
Bazzite is a solid desktop that's going to be really hard for a regular user to break, comes with Steam, Lutris, and Heroic built in, proprietary nvidia drivers installed, and is based on Fedora (Modern, stable, well supported).
The only downside is KDE can be really easy to break if you're a new user unfamiliar with how customizing it works, but if you leave it default you're fine.
Just in the name of completeness, I wouldn't say that's the only downside. I definitely have some stability issues with Bazzite, only when gaming though. But game crashes, occasional OS crashes, that hasn't been exactly rare for me. But I will say, gaming is about the one thing in my life I'm almost unwilling to troubleshoot these days. Could be something specific to my setup that is uncommon for others, making my data point unhelpful.
And by and large, I'd absolutely recommend it for any Windows user who wants an easily transferable user experience and broadly fantastic gaming support with minimal fuss.
Linux Mint's website was hacked and they served a malicious ISO, but the useful idiot crowd never talks about that.
The snowball effect is real, and if you can't see it then you're probably a part of it.
The main reason why people hate on Manjaro is because it makes it easy to use a historically complicated distro. Anyone rational person who has been in the free software ecosystem for a substantial period of time will recognize that there are many morons, elitists, and losers who like to make things more complicated than they need to be to feel superior to others.
Also, people don't like when another distro is better than theirs, which Manjaro is for the vast majority of rational users.
Like, seriously, Manjaro had so many problems already that were completely preventable, makes stupid mistakes, bloats itself up with nonsense and provides no stability improvement over Arch whatsoever (which is a bad thing). On the contrary, it apparently even introduces additional bugs.
I'm not surprised they accidentally DDoS'ed the AUR, given they also have a docker script that spins up every single time an image is downloaded to push a change to git to increment a counter. Every. Single. Time. A full docker container. From scratch.
I'd only ever recommend Manjaro to people I really don't like.
CachyOS might be the easiest one that gives you something decent. It's basically an Arch Linux with slightly better compiler optimizations and tweaked kernels. Also a tweaked version of proton in the core repos.
Started by a German dude so EU++ or something. And of course it's based on Arch Linux, which was started by a Canadian dude.
It's on top of distrowatch too, but I have no idea what that implies.
🚀 CachyOS is an Arch Linux-based distribution that offers an easy installation, several customization options to suit every user, and special optimizations for improved performance while remaining simple.
The removal of KDE Discover has me considering going back to plain Kinoite on my HTPC. I figure I can build a sysext with the handful of bazzite bits I actually use and keep the unbutchered plasma experience
I couldnt see one - I also dont want to layer it, because it will pull in a couple of hundred megs of kde dependencies every time you update. I tried doing it as a sysext (myrepo) but it keeps segfaulting and I havent worked out the issue
Would you be willing to say more about what you know / experienced about the removal of Discover? Preferences included? I only noticed it recently, been away from things for a bit, and you sound like your brief info would probably be at least as fruitful as the reading I was gonna look for 😀
the ublue project / bazzite decided to make their own flatpak first app store called Bazaar. Fair enough its their distro. However they created it with GTK4/Adwaita libraries, so its a Gnome native app and looks completely ugly on a KDE Plasma desktop. Also as a flatpak first app store it doesn't update anything else on your machine like what discover is capable of (cant update ostree, knew stuff etc). This means you have to use the ujust terminal app to access updates, which I dont agree with.
I think technically you could layer it back in with rpm-ostree install kdediscover - however this pulls back a couple of hundred meg of plasma dependencies, which if you're not aware, when you update your system would be redownloaded and reinstalled with each new ostree snapshot, slowing down the update process even further. I I tried doing it as a sysext (myrepo) but it ~~keeps segfaulting and I havent worked out the issue~~ edit: I have fixed the segfault issue and readded the ostree backend. Sysexts are new experienmental alternative to package layering which hold a lot of potential (check out tim ravier's development of them here travier.github.io/fedora-sysex…)
You don't use the terminal to do updates, updates are automatic by default.
We also completely removed discovers ability to update OSTree. It's never been present in a single build of Bazzite.
This is why I don't pay attention to people that complain about toolkits. You don't like the way it looks so you make up absolutely disingenuous points to argue about it.
I also said ublue is free to do what they want, why are you attacking me for suggesting I want to put something back the way it was? I never asked for your attention, I'm not pestering the developers about it, instead I attempted to author a fix for anyone who also is not a fan of the change.
Yes, I dont like a core system tool not being part of my desktop, I dont want my updates to fire via a timer, and I have updated my ostree via discover on my bazzite box. I understand a lot of your target audience does want those things, an appliance type experience - I even suggested 2 posts up that perhaps bazzite was no longer for me as the target audience.
I appologise for drawing your ire
edit: FYI I'm not some bad faith poster, having defended bazaar - Also my particular bazzite box has been rebased between Fedora and Aurora, probably accumulated some artifacts in the process, which may explain why my discover had not been previously hobbled. Have a good night
@scops@social.tchncs.de @gbryant@subscribeto.me I tend to agree, but I also dont think one distro should dictate that.
Bazzite is free to try and do things they think is best, Jorge has stated they consider function before toolkit.
I am a container evangelist, I find excuses to convert my jobs into Kubernetes workloads, and I frequently use the likes of podman for one off apps/processes and development. I use Flatpak frequently to isolate dependencies for the likes of Steam and Heroic.
I really wanted to like Bazzite or Bluefin, but I can't deal with the overhead from the rpm os-tree updates. I would frequently notice hitches for my use case (sunshine streaming), and the hoops I had to do to configure Nvidia drivers (for it to then not work as good as other distros) was tiresome.
I went back to Arch (EndeavourOS), and I improved sunshine performance and had a driver that worked with less fiddling.
I'm saying all this because, while I'm glad to see any Linux distro grow, I hope it starts delivering what it says on the tin eventually without compromises that I experienced. Markering on it being immutable and container focused is true, but I dont see the benefit (aside from more stability which as others pointed out, is already stable is most cases)?. Right now, its a simple to configure (assuming most defaults work for your setup) distro that is finding a growing niche amongst some users (obviously by the data shown). And thats good enough for now at least.
Never really understood the appeal of "immutable" distros.
There's not a single distro out there that does everything right and won't require manually editing some fuckup on the developers' part. Why would we want to make it harder for us when the time inevitably arises?
::: spoiler spoiler I'm just assuming it's because people are stupid and like to fit in with other idiots. The average computer user today definitely has difficulty thinking for themselves and making their own decisions, so whenever someone else comes along and tells them a different way of doing things, they immediately assume that person is right. :::
Go on and keep using your distro another few years, and you'll recognize the patterns of what keeps breaking. And then try some others for some years, and you'll find that you can at most pick between smaller issues on a regular base on rolling ones, or larger batches of issues on release based ones. And some point you'll find that every user creating a custom mix of packages that are all interdependent on another is quite the mess, and the number of package combinations times the number of configuration option combinations is so large that you can guarantee some of them will have issues. On top you have package managers rumaging around in the system while it is in use, and with a mix of old code that is still loaded in ram and new code on disk behaviour for these transients is basically undefinded. Ultimately you'll grow tired of this scheme at some point, and then running a byte-to-byte copy of something that has been tested and doing atomic updates is quite attractive. And putting a stronger focus on containerized applications not only enables immutable distros for broad adoption in the first place, but also cuts down the combinatorial complexity of the OS. And lastly, to be honest, after so many years of the same kinds of issues over and over again, the advent of immutable+atomic distros + containerized desktop apps brought a couple of new challenges that are more interesting for the time being..
Call me a Luddite, but I want to retain control over my updates and upgrades. I fear the day that Fedora becomes all atomic, all the time, which I can't help but think is in the cards
@Max Powers @Partisan Night Slut Because you are winning? Or act as such somehow> whatever. Not all Nations are Iran.. fyi Indonesia is Nation with most % of Muslim population in the World> explain or show me there where is wives throw game please there. so cow-boy.. handle ya horse as I shoot straight as well faster then shadow.
@Max Powers @Partisan Night Slut Can you leave insults and keep this civil before you go cry to my Admin as cowards did? As you just need to say another word now.
@Max Powers @Partisan Night Slut f'ing tard. Learn how to communicate with unknowns kid, in fact this is an advice you retarded backwards arsehole. go cry..
@Max Powers I defend no one> you insulted me that is what I defend solely. For the rest keep conversations civilised and if not I will be a Barbarian more then you expected ait? so please dust off.. I'm not joking here now as you got me mad. kid.. DO NOT REPLY OR NAY ELSE
for clarity you 2 dumb to have a convo with for real pos.. so do not ask me to interact friendly after I have ya sha..
Το μέτωπο είναι στη θέση «Κακοπλεύρι», μεταξύ της Μηλιάς Μετσόβου και Κρανιάς Γρεβενών, με τη φωτιά να καίει σε μια ιδιαίτερα δύσβατη πλαγιά κυρίως ξερά ξύλα στο έδαφος και δεν είναι επικόρυφη, καίγοντας δέντρα.
Ωστόσο, υπάρχει σχετική ανησυχία, καθώς στο σημείο πνέουν άνεμοι εντάσεως 5-6 μποφόρ
Σε εξέλιξη βρίσκονται οι προσπάθειες κατάσβεσης της πυρκαγιάς, που ξέσπασε αργά το βράδυ της Πέμπτης, πιθανότατα από κεραυνό, μέσα στον πυρήνα του Εθνικού Δρυμού της Βάλια Κάλντα και συνεχίζει να κατακαίει δασική έκταση..
Ω τι θαύμα! Με τα εναέρια μέσα βελτιώνεται η εικόνα των πυρκαγιών!
Βελτιωμένη εικόνα παρουσιάζει η φωτιά σε δασική έκταση στον Εθνικό Δρυμό της Βάλια Κάλντα, μεταξύ της Μηλιάς Μετσόβου και Κρανιάς Γρεβενών, σύμφωνα με ενημέρωση από την Πυροσβεστική Υπηρεσία.
Als ich das sehe, möchte ich ein ungezogener Welpe sein und spielerisch an deinem weichen Schwanz schnüffeln, mein Gesicht unter deine Eier legen, sie sanft mit meiner Nasenspitze anheben, überall lecken und küssen, deinen jetzt nicht mehr so weichen Schwanz über mein Gesicht rollen lassen, mein Gesicht zwischen deinen Beinen reiben, mich umdrehen und dir meinen Arsch präsentieren, awoof!
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The accumulation of end-of-life tires poses a mounting challenge for African economies. Rapid urbanization, expanding automotive fleets, and limited recycling infrastructure have amplified the problem of discarded rubber. Tire pyrolysis has emerged as a pragmatic solution, offering both waste reduction and resource recovery. The market potential across Africa is increasingly evident, driven by energy deficits, policy shifts, and demand for alternative raw materials.
Expanding Waste-to-Value Opportunities
A tire pyrolysis plant converts used tires into pyrolysis oil, carbon black, steel, and combustible gas. Each output carries tangible market value. Pyrolysis oil, for instance, can be refined into industrial fuel or serve as feedstock for petrochemical processes. Recovered carbon black finds applications in rubber manufacturing, plastics, and coatings. Steel extracted during the process re-enters local scrap supply chains. The integration of these outputs into African industrial sectors creates diversified revenue channels that extend beyond traditional waste management.
Energy Demand and Fuel Substitution
One of the most compelling drivers for tire pyrolysis adoption in Africa is the continent’s persistent energy shortfall. Many regions face unreliable electricity supply and dependence on imported petroleum products. By generating pyrolysis oil, projects can offer a substitute for diesel and heavy fuel oil, especially in power generation and industrial boilers. This local alternative reduces foreign exchange outflows while reinforcing energy security. Furthermore, the syngas produced can be used internally to offset energy consumption within the tyre to oil plant, improving overall efficiency.
Regulatory and Policy Environment
African governments are progressively adopting circular economy principles. Countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya are introducing regulations targeting tire disposal and extended producer responsibility. These measures create incentives for private sector investment in tire recycling technologies. However, regulatory clarity varies across jurisdictions, and developers must navigate inconsistent licensing processes and environmental compliance requirements. Stronger policy frameworks and enforcement mechanisms will be pivotal in accelerating project deployment.
Economic and Industrial Integration
The success of tire pyrolysis projects is closely tied to regional industrial demand. Cement kilns, textile manufacturers, and small-scale industries can absorb pyrolysis oil as a cost-effective fuel. Recovered carbon black is particularly valuable in Africa’s growing automotive aftermarket, where demand for affordable tire retreading and rubber components is increasing. By positioning themselves as suppliers to these industries, pyrolysis operators can embed their projects within broader economic ecosystems.
Investment Considerations and Financing
Despite clear market opportunities, financial constraints remain a barrier. Many African regions face limited access to long-term project financing, and pyrolysis plant development requires substantial upfront capital. International investors are showing rising interest, particularly under green finance initiatives, but risk perceptions remain high. Projects that can demonstrate robust feedstock supply chains, transparent compliance strategies, and measurable environmental benefits are more likely to attract external funding.
Technical and Operational Challenges
Operating a pyrolysis plant in Africa is not without obstacles. Reliable tire collection networks must be established to guarantee consistent feedstock volumes. Infrastructure gaps, such as inadequate transportation systems, can increase logistical costs. Additionally, operators must ensure that emission control systems meet international standards to avoid environmental backlash. Investing in modular plant designs and localized training programs can help overcome these technical hurdles and foster long-term operational stability.
Strategic Outlook
The trajectory for tire pyrolysis in Africa is shaped by converging factors: escalating waste accumulation, rising energy demand, and emerging circular economy frameworks. Early adopters who align technological capacity with regional market needs will benefit from first-mover advantages. Tire pyrolysis projects have the potential to transform environmental liabilities into economic assets, reinforcing both sustainability and industrial resilience across the continent.
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On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar defended energy cooperation between their countries in
I keep seeing liberals pull a serious face & say "well, it's just political reality that trans people must prove their rights are popular before Democrats will do anything for them" and it makes me so depressed
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05:26 Leader calls upon Yemeni people to participate in the great, honorable, and wide million-person march tomorrow, Friday, in the capital, Sanaa, and the rest of the provinces. english.masirahtv.net/news/387…
Depuis que @loutz m'a fait remarquer que les Youtubeurs abusent du zoom et dé-zoom (déso, j'ai plus le terme technique comme elle), je ne vois plus que ça, et ça m'irriiiiite !
i dream of having a laptop mounted in my car like how police cars are and then ill have all the things my phone would normally do (gps, audio, etc) in a much cooler way running on it
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 will be held in Tianjin from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1. Chinese President Xi Jinping will chair the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO and the
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About 20 years ago I was awarded 25 of the tiniest opals imaginable.
To the non discerning eye they just looked like nicely smoothed dark stones but I was told they were 'Australian Black Opals' from Lightning Ridge N.S.W.
Only recently had I thought to hold them up to the light: And when I did, I saw they had the most lovely glints of crimson.
Loose Australian Black Opals with Gem colour and a 'named' pattern are 5000x rarer than diamond. (Ref: Australian Opal Cutters.)
However I had no idea of the value of my opals. Prompted now by the need for extra resources for my exhibition in Oct/Nov: A few days ago, I braved the rain and without an appointment, took my ‘Australian Black Opals’ to an opal and pearl valuer in the city (Sydney.)
It was quite an adventure in itself: A billboard out the front directed me to a narrow entrance of one of the older style city buildings, sandwiched between all the slick neon-lit modern stores and showrooms of Pitt St.
In the lift, unbeknown to me I met the owner, a flamboyant friendly 'chap' who introduced himself to me when he saw I was going to the 3rd floor.
His store was closed and we went through 2 locked 'gates' that opened out to his MOST AMAZING eclectic home/gallery. As we continued to chat it was just too much to take it all in. Would LOVE to go back someday and let my camera tell the 'Story' for you.
Briefly he said: 'Sorry to disappoint, but they aren't 'Australian Black Opals.' However they are still Lightning Ridge opals, only deep blue. On his table, I had immediately seen they were the most beautiful dark blue.
He advised they would make a stunning jewellery piece: necklace, bracelet or ring: A ring would cost approx. 900 aud. to set the opals in a outer circle, and that was silver/not gold!
As a dealer he couldn’t offer me the money they were worth but then suggested I could quite feasibly sell them through ‘facebook marketing’ as there is a definite market for them.
I would need to photograph them next to a pair of tweezers to show their scale. And a series of good macro photographs would also bring out, what he felt would be, their beautiful colour and patterns.
BUT THEN WE BOTH HAD THE SAME THOUGHT: He’d previously asked what I did and I’d told him about my ‘Magical Wands.’
WHY NOT INTEGRATE Australian Opal energy into some very special Magical Wands?
The plan now: 1. Take a series of macro photographs. 2. Do some colour field paintings based on these photographs. 3. Reproduce the colours and patterns of my opals onto fabrics. 4. Make Magical Wands with these fabrics and an actual Opal.
This article gives a glimpse into the multi-healing properties of Opal.
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In the final analysis, a billion monkeys chained to a billion typewriters may indeed produce Hamlet, but anyone who would chain a billion monkeys to a billion typewriters isn't going to appreciate or recognize Hamlet when it finally emerges.
They've got to physically remove the illegitimate Supreme Court and put a legitimate one in place, they've got to remove every Republican from every position of elected or appointed public trust, as the Constitution demands. RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrh…
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Famine set to be officially declared in Gaza for first time by UN-backed group A famine is set to be declared in Gaza by the international body responsible for monitoring world hunger.
The Guardian understands that the report will declare that the threshold for famine has been reached in Gaza City, in parts of the south and central areas of the territory but not in the north, where data is insufficient.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged Xizang Autonomous Region to build a modern socialist new Xizang that is united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful.
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