Vanilla OS 2 Orchid - Stable Release
Vanilla OS 2 Orchid - Stable Release
memes aside it does look pretty neat - simple .apk installs, yaml system configs, automatic boot rollback, easy multi-gpu support - all solid user focused features - will have to see how it develops but so far it seems like a better alternative to the likes of PopOS
I wouldn't say it's "better," but merely different. Until immutable distros can easily solve installing certain software that requires system-level access (like VPN clients without a Linux package or repo), there will always be a place for mutable distros.
And I say that as a proponent of distros like NixOS, Bazzite, and blendOS.
GNOME + Debian
Into the trash it goes.
The day has come! I have been pretty excited for this release since Vanilla OS 2 was announced. I will have to try it out as soon as I can
They could benefit a lot using BTRFS instead of LVM Thin Provisioning, putting ext4 in LVM has worse performance than BTRFS
Tbh it is a solid story about the os. I'm using silverblue but it made me curious.
I've been looking forward to this release!
Exciting. I'll have to give it a spin on my hardware
Uhm...is this recommended for a beginner to at?
It just had its first Stable release (as Vanilla OS 2). Therefore, consider to wait it out a bit until it has been well-tested at large. Until then, please feel free to choose something else that is to your liking. Like, what is it that attracted you to this one in the first place?
It would be largely fine, but be careful. Being immutable, a lot of things that you would expect will work differently or not at all. I would not recommend it, but if you're in for a challenge, it's not bad.
Might this be the one for my father? He drowns in Windows, I don't want to think what Linux can do to his brain. I kept a Windows SSD to help him troubleshoot any problem he stumbled upon, but it died last week and all my attempts to install it on another SSD were met with the setup asking me for drivers, no matter what I tried to provide, I never got past that screen. So I don't know what to do, I guess I'll just wait and see, but I'm already eyeing some options.
I don't know how old your father is or what they do on their systems. However, for elderly people, for which I just want to setup the system and forget, I tend to go with Endless OS. It's more limited and more mature than Vanilla OS. But, if that's exactly what you want, I'm simply unaware of anything better out there.
Mmm looks very interesting, I will give this a try.
Still a shame it isn't based on the best distro in the world as it was initially planned.
EDIT: this was misinformation. Idk if I was hallucinating again or I confused it with another distro (e. g. BlendOS) but VanillaOS was never meant to be based on Arch.
OK but Debian is the best distro outside of this world.
The operating system used for key station functions is the Debian Linux distribution.[258] The migration from Microsoft Windows to Linux was made in May 2013 for reasons of reliability, stability and flexibility
Bruh I thought Arch jokes were obvious but ok
Thanks for the EDIT because I thought I had really missed something.
I am addicted to Arch and the AUR but it is precisely that it is NOT Arch that makes Vanilla look attractive. Do I REALLY need multiple new kernels per month like Arch gives me?
Having a more stable base sounds like a great idea. Using containers to get access to the Arch repositories and the AUR on top of Debian sounds even better. Vanilla bakes support for that scenario right in.