why don't you see more people attempting to utilize this feature on their personal computers? you can essentially lock down your entire C: drive so that changes to the filesystem are saved ephemerally and lost on reboot, and then manually create exceptions for directories that need persistent changes.with that plus a data drive you basically get all the benefits of an immutable system that nixos and silverblue are targeting.i can install applications/games via scoop and use my desktop as normally, save pictures, do my work, etc. but the core windows installation essentially exists in a frozen state. changes to C: are saved either in ram or another location on disk and then scrubbed at boot.why don't i see people trying to leverage this for home use cases? is it just because it's a command-line tool?
>>107584129Can Windows updates and services still write to C:? Sounds like it would break a ton of shit.
>>107584129Isn't it because you use windows enterprise?
>>107584129but i did do this though, by installing nixos
>>107584213kek
>>107584168you can turn it off and on as needed. so for updates or changes you just turn it off, run the update, and turn it back on. it requires some rebooting but the advantage is also more deliberate updating. kind of ideal if you plan to update infrequently.>>107584213i'd assume but i'm talking about people on /g/ not windows users at large. i thought most of you are running iot ltsc.>>107584280well then stay where you are. i use nixos on all my other machines. i discovered this while trying to make a windows computer i need to use as nixos-like as possible.it's not atomic, or entirely reproducible, configurations aren't declarative. but i can do a fresh unattented windows install, use winget to import a list of programs to install, and then run a powershell script that freezes windows after i get it set up how i like it.accomplishing this with a variety of awful microsoft tools makes me appreciate how elegantly nixos handles things that's for sure.
