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Upstream images vs bazzite: https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_upstream_with_bazzite.svg

My prediction: bazzite may have more installs than Fedora KDE by the end of the year.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 49 points 2 months ago (70 children)

Bazzite is awesome. Not surprised it’s so successful. Congrats to the team. :)

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago (68 children)

While I see value in something as NixOs for the reproducibility. I do not understand what is the value in having an immutable system. I'm not saying there's no value, I just can not imagine a use case in which it is better than a normal system.

[–] bluesquid0741b@aussie.zone 28 points 2 months ago (39 children)

A htpc in which you just need to launch media

A steam Deck like handheld in which you just want your game launcher

A PC for a kid whom you don't want messing around with system files

A PC for your technologically inept family members to just use as an email/browser/word processor

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

Yes exactly, my potentially hot take is that twenty years from now we'll look at immutability as the tipping point that sent Linux mainstream on desktop.

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