[HN Gopher] Goldboot: Immutable infrastructure for the desktop
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       Goldboot: Immutable infrastructure for the desktop
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2024-05-13 02:09 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | jnichols35 wrote:
       | I'm a little bit confused about this. I was under the impression
       | that images were dead.[0] What is the advantage of building
       | images and having to deploy them locally either via usb or pxe?
       | 
       | I'm assuming this is for user's machines, but wouldn't it make
       | more sense to use a config management tool?
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       | [0](https://isimagingdead.com/)
        
         | mrbluecoat wrote:
         | That link was awesome :D
         | 
         | I'd have to agree. Immutable is great for headless server
         | scenarios but I'd imagine it would be a huge headache as a
         | daily driver for end-user desktop scenarios.
        
           | Pako wrote:
           | Immutable systems like this are great in a lot of educational
           | setups where a lot of different students work at potentially
           | many different workstations while always needing access to
           | the same tools and in general having a "unified" experience.
        
         | tencentshill wrote:
         | That link is specifically about MacOS
        
         | beacon294 wrote:
         | As the dead comment states, that link is only for MacOS,
         | whereas goldboot appears to be for windows, linux, and macOS.
        
       | xxpor wrote:
       | AGPL will make this unusable for a lot of places.
        
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