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Then if you want to lock that specific version, go to /etc/pacman.conf and add the base package name to the ignore list so it doesn’t just go and get updated on the next upgrade run.

Not even the same thing. They’re not stupid. They know people are going to use it. EMBRACING it would be more like adding AI nonsense tools wherever they can, and rely on automated systems that are based on LLMs to contribute code, which is not what’s happening here.

Debian isn’t “ambracing AI”? Where’d you get that?

Ubuntu has been making plays in that direction. Not the same thing.

WHOA. Bombastic claim there, brah.

He’s a Eugenics aficionado, and racist-ADJACENT

Yes, but as I said, on a 4GB budget, this matters quite a bit. I run thousands of edge devices on a custom distro with similar constraints, and it adds up quickly. It’s not that it’s insurmountable or anything, but I’m answering the question asked and not getting into the particulars. It’s just a known fact.

Change management on a layered FS, containers everywhere…etc.

Depending on what you’re doing, it can make a big difference. Especially when you’re talking about a 4GB machine with little to no margin of extra working space. Updates will certainly be problematic.

Immutable uses more memory during many operations. You’re probably not going to find anything stable, with a desktop, and all the other bits you’d expect running at under 4G. Safely.

That being said, any other traditional distro is lower maintenance anyway. Not sure why you think immutable is special in that regard.

I did miss that, though shouldn’t matter if it’s working after reverting.

That’s not how software works. RC is beta software. It includes warnings that there MIGHT be issues running it. Sounds like you found some.

Just revert to the known good work version if you’re not able to debug yourself.

Not sure what “RC7” is, can you clarify?

If you weren’t previously having issues, then just revert back to whatever version wasn’t giving you problems.

Corporate sponsorship in the FOSS community has always existed. It’s how many of your favorite projects have managed to stay alive and thrive, including kernel develop.

Your suspicion and fear is lacking sustenance.

If it’s heat or hardware it may not show up until CPU, Mem, or GPU are under heavy utilization. That’s why I said monitor your temps and test your memory.

Are you saying games work fine without invoking the third-party tools?

This sounds more like a general hardware or hearing issue. Monitor your temps, and run a memory test at a minimum. Make sure you don’t have a bunch of stuff stacked on your machine or vents clogged.

Yes

What’s your point? Nix is meant for CI, but even still the defaults are set for multi-user operations.

Do you want explain a bit more?

Linux is Linux. If you’re using the standard install packages like Pam, then it’s built specifically for multiple users.

Elaborate more if you could.

Just post a picture of your beard and official Autism Certificate FFS.

Jesus fuck.

MAC is for your local network.

Hostname is not relevant because the endpoints you’re connecting to are not doing reverse lookups.

Your Public IP from your ISP is all they see. They’ve also blocked VPN endpoint IP address space.

They aren’t tracking you through software on your machine, just the global address space. Best you can do is see if your ISP has IP6 space you can be attached to, because they don’t have a good way to block that yet.

Just plain old Fedora is probably what you want. Run it on two Framework laptops with Zero issues.

That’s fine, but there is literally zero benefit except a flex. All the people claiming better security clearly do not understand how a kernel works, let alone a multi-faceted kernel like this, and what memory even means in relation to a monolith that sort of behaves like a microkernel.