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An immutable distribution increases the security of the OS.
Linux offers several different immutable distributions.
Most of these are general-purpose, so anyone can use them.
What is an "immutable" Linux distribution?
Put simply, an immutable distro is one in which certain directories are read-only and cannot be changed. For example, the /usr directory contains many of your applications' binary executable files and is mounted read-only. Other directories mounted with only read permissions include /lib (essential shared libraries for system operation), /opt (used for optional software packages), and /var (stores variable data).
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