I need a distro that is stable with a particular need to set up zero input automatic updates. If an update asks for a password or needs user interaction in basically any way it simply won’t get done. All he needs is a reliable platform for browsing the web. I am replacing an Ubuntu system that has apparently just stopped working (I have not had a chance to examine it yet) after years and years of not getting proper updates after he forgot his password.

Something like Bazzite is intriguing because of it’s locked down environment although he is very much not a gamer. Is there something locked down like Bazzite but with long term LTS release cycle?

  • softotteep@pawb.socialEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    I don’t know much about immutable distros, but I do know that wine installs everything in ~/.wine/drive_c and automatically places .desktop files in your desktop directory whenever you install a program that creates a desktop shortcut, all of which should work just fine on immutable distros.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Except you have to run wine via distrobox or toolbox and there it behaves different. The toolbox one also has an issue with it being virtualized it seems. And forget about a runner script that prevents the integration of random .exe for security.