Windows can never be an immutable OS, and that might be a problem
"Immutable" operating systems are all the rage in the Linux world, and for good reason. They have a reputation for being virtually indestructible, as the core operating system is treated as a read-only image that's updated atomically, rather than in pieces. User data, applications, and configuration live separately from the base system, which dramatically reduces the risk of corruption, dependency breakage, and configuration drift over time. Immutability is becoming a common trait of modern operating system development, with macOS being one of the most famous examples of a primarily immutable system on personal computing platforms. Here's the problem for Windows, though: it can't ever be an immutable operating system in its current state.
“Immutable” operating systems are all the rage in the Linux world, and for good reason. They have a reputation for being virtually indestructible, as the core operating system is treated as a read-only image that’s updated atomically, rather than in pieces. User data, applications, and configuration live separately from the base system, which dramatically reduces the risk of corruption, dependency breakage, and configuration drift over time. Immutability is becoming a common trait of modern operating system development, with macOS being one of the most famous examples of a primarily immutable system on personal computing platforms. Here’s the problem for Windows, though: it can’t ever be an immutable operating system in its current state.
Leevi Mantyla
Finland
Finland
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