I mean my root filesystem is immutable, it runs completely in RAM (squashfs). After trying NixOS and seeing that article I linked about an immutable Alpine NAS I decided to try it for myself. I found it easier to just customize the Arch ISO builder and generate/update images as needed versus following the article exactly, I'm also not familiar with Alpine itself.
Packages aren't pinned in my Arch image and it's not 100% deterministic, but that's fine it's a risk I'm willing to take. So far it's been absolutely rock solid, lean and easy to manage.
Also, I found NixOS annoying because:
the language
the config application (I forget the command) was doing god knows what behind the scenes. My needs aren't that complicated, I'm comfortable with just manually setting things up and locking that in by generating an Arch image. It's way easier.
Nix has issues, personally I'm using an immutable distro. Right now I can go upstairs and yank the power and it'll boot right back up like nothing ever happened.
I want something rock solid, and neither Ansible or NixOS provide that. Here's the article that I took inspiration from: https://words.filippo.io/frood/
Get your head out of your ass. PR stunts and "protests" where you get your ass beat by cops isn't going to save our country. Especially when you show up exactly where they expect you to.
nova_ad_vitum is spot on about it being a pressure relief valve.
Problems can be identified by anyone. Immediately dismissing any sort of reasonable constructive criticism will destroy the movement from the inside out.
But please, continue shutting people down, you seem to know that's best.
Showing up exactly where they expect you to and getting shot with pepperballs isnt making things better. As far as I can tell these protests are just outrage relief.
Obviously