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- Nice approach, but... I don't know, it seems like it would be quite an effort to maintain. It seems overkill for just two machines. Also I'm a heavy tinkerer: I'm afraid this approach could have limitations for me due to the fact that they consider the base OS immutable, right?daniele_athome– daniele_athome2025-09-02 14:38:29 +00:00Commented Sep 2 at 14:38
- Both is not actually true, as far as I know (never tried it in practice). Maintain: Well, unless your modifications break something with the base image (and if you do, you'd have to fix it anyway), the CI should automatically publish new updates, and about tinkering: Yes, AFAIK you can do everything you can do in a Dockerfile for your image aka everything you can do what Linux can do basically. That does not sound like a big limit. :Drugk– rugk2025-09-02 20:46:02 +00:00Commented Sep 2 at 20:46
- Also se the GitHub Readme has community examples to see what's possible.rugk– rugk2025-09-02 20:46:59 +00:00Commented Sep 2 at 20:46
- Ah and "immutable" is a term they do not use that often anymore, because "atomic" catches it better: The system can of course be changed and extened, especially in the base image. But once you deliver it (in a container) to the end user, there it is kind of immutable – there are still ways to anyway tinker with it and layer packages or whatever, but in the end you'd want to include them in the base image, e.g. More information here.rugk– rugk2025-09-02 20:59:33 +00:00Commented Sep 2 at 20:59
- 1That's what I meant with "effort to maintain": the Dockerfile, the CI stuff... I mean it would be surely great for maintaining hundreds of machines, but for just 2 machines used by 1 person, it only adds stuff to do. Or I would need to radically change the way I manage my personal computer and "build it in" into my habits. I might suggest it to my employer though, maybe we can finally ditch Windows :-)daniele_athome– daniele_athome2025-09-02 21:22:49 +00:00Commented Sep 2 at 21:22
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