• Lodra@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    I’m familiar enough with Linux but never used an immutable distro. I recognize the technical difference between what you describe and “go delete a specific file in safe mode”. But how about the more generic statement? Is this much different from “boot in a special way and go fix the problem”? Is any easier or more difficult than what people had to do on windows?

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      4 months ago

      Primarily it’s different because you would not have had to boot into any safe mode. You would have just booted from the last good image from like a day ago and deleted the current image and kept using the computer.

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        4 months ago

        What’s the user experience like there? Are you prompted to do it if the system fails to boot “happily”?