I am aware of the limitations. She is a really BASIC user. Just uses the web browser (Chrome, because it’s a Chrome OS, well — I’ll switch her to Firefox and she won’t notice ;) ), she surfs the net, watches YT and VOD (I know the DRM limitations, again, not an issue with her, she’s perfectly happy with 720p in a window) and chats Facebook Messenger (sadly). I think an atomic distro can do all that out of the box and there’s nothing to install that’s not a web app or a Flatpak.
Is rpm-ostree how you get the other packages? I don’t know much about it apart from what’s on Fedora’s website, my understanding is it modifies the local system image so whatever you install from RPM becomes part of it. But, again, she won’t need it. She’s the compete opposite of a power user.
Yes, that’s exactly how RPM works. it’s supposed to be a last resort if options like distrobox or homebrew can’t deliver what you need. It can break stuff if you are not careful.
That’s the beauty of it, though. If it breaks, you just roll back to the previous layer and carry on like nothing happened. Totally get where you’re coming from though.
I am aware of the limitations. She is a really BASIC user. Just uses the web browser (Chrome, because it’s a Chrome OS, well — I’ll switch her to Firefox and she won’t notice ;) ), she surfs the net, watches YT and VOD (I know the DRM limitations, again, not an issue with her, she’s perfectly happy with 720p in a window) and chats Facebook Messenger (sadly). I think an atomic distro can do all that out of the box and there’s nothing to install that’s not a web app or a Flatpak.
Is rpm-ostree how you get the other packages? I don’t know much about it apart from what’s on Fedora’s website, my understanding is it modifies the local system image so whatever you install from RPM becomes part of it. But, again, she won’t need it. She’s the compete opposite of a power user.
Yes, that’s exactly how RPM works. it’s supposed to be a last resort if options like distrobox or homebrew can’t deliver what you need. It can break stuff if you are not careful.
Anyway, then I’d definitely go with silverblue.
For what it’s worth, I’ve never had an RPM install break anything on Silverblue, and I fuck with it mercilessly at times.
Thanks for sharing. I’m too paranoid, as I have very little free time to fix stuff if it breaks. Still good to know.
That’s the beauty of it, though. If it breaks, you just roll back to the previous layer and carry on like nothing happened. Totally get where you’re coming from though.