Immutable Distro blendOS 4 Officially Released, Now Fully Declarative
Arriving almost a year after blendOS 3, the new release makes the Arch Linux-based distro fully declarative. This means that users can now install any packages, kernels, or drivers from both Arch Linux’s repositories and AUR (Arch User Repository) while using pre-configured desktop environments.
blendOS also supports several desktop environments, including KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, Budgie, and MATE, along with the ability to easily and instantaneously switch between them through the tracks features implemented on blendOS 4
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blendOS 4: Yet Another Try on Immutability
Let me be clear: if you’re looking for another glowing review praising another novelty in the Linux ecosystem, you can stop reading here. You can find plenty of those elsewhere.
Today, however, I’ve put on my critical hat as we look at the newly released blendOS 4, which comes almost a year after its predecessor. Let’s start with the basics – what is blendOS?
BlendOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch designed to support applications and binaries from multiple Linux distros (Arch, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu) and Android in a seamless environment.
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blendOS v4 Released With Android App Support
blendOS is a future-proof immutable Linux distro based on Arch Linux, which also acts as a unique immutable and atomic variant of the former.
I previously came across this when I covered the blendOS v3 release, which was a game-changer for the project, with major changes and additions across the board. Almost a year later, we now have a new release.
Termed by its developers as “a groundbreaking release that redefines blendOS”, the blendOS v4 release marks an important new chapter in the development of this relatively new Linux distro.