It's a combination of two things, open source packages have matured to a very stable level. Fedora uses very recent packages and it just works somehow because they've all become very good. So to keep a stable desktop system there is no more reason to use "sta(b)le" packages.
The other reason is snapshots, because no system is perfect. An operating system should in fact be designed around the fact that something will go wrong. Windows has had this for years, and some linux users have done it with btrfs.
But Fedora Silverblue does it seamlessly with ostree and grub, so if something does go wrong in a newly applied update, you simply choose the last working one in the grub menu and go on with your day until you have time to resolve it.
This for me to use Fedora as my daily driver is crucial.
INTPenis|2 years ago
The other reason is snapshots, because no system is perfect. An operating system should in fact be designed around the fact that something will go wrong. Windows has had this for years, and some linux users have done it with btrfs.
But Fedora Silverblue does it seamlessly with ostree and grub, so if something does go wrong in a newly applied update, you simply choose the last working one in the grub menu and go on with your day until you have time to resolve it.
This for me to use Fedora as my daily driver is crucial.
hollander|2 years ago
morjom|2 years ago