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this was a whole bunch of rambling and complaining without amounting to much. what's actually got you upset about increasing the security model?
** you should remember that desktop Linux as is, is horribly insecure and any security increase is putting you leagues ahead of most others. immutability is ensuring a minimum level of stability and security.
You are complaining about rambling and didn't deliver a single argument how immutable distros increase security. Also I think you are wrong big time with 1.
https://tesk.page/2023/08/29/misconceptions-about-immutable-distributions.html#immutable-distributions-are-more-secure
Trust me it does, you'll remember this conversation in a few years and it won't be pleased about the why.