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Immutable operating systems are the way of the future.
Aurora is an immutable distribution based on Fedora.
Aurora is free to download and install.
I've gone on and on about immutable operating systems over the past year or so. There's a good reason for that.
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Immutable operating systems are a dramatic shift away from the traditional OS, where users can access and change everything on the OS... even system files. All you need is sudo access or the administrator password, and there's nothing you cannot do with the operating system. In the wrong hands, that can end in disaster.
That's where immutability comes into play. With an immutable OS, the core of the system is mounted in read-only mode, so it cannot be changed. To that end, immutable operating systems are exponentially more secure than those that follow the traditional model.
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