• camr_on@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’m not super clear on what being declarative and atomic means in an OS context. Does it mean there’s a file describing what packages are installed, kind of like nix?

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      5 months ago

      I am no expert, please correct me if I’m wrong

      From what I understand, it’s like Nix but Arch based. The /system.yaml file contains all of the packages installed on the system.

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        5 months ago

        Also it’s the worst when you download an operating system and you realize that it’s mutable

        You’re like “oh no I did not want the mutable one I wanted the immutable one”

        I know what all words mean