Are the operating systems of the future immutable?
Get the Full StoryDevelopers talk a lot about immutability. Outside the technical world, it usually means something negative: unmoving, inflexible, and entrenched. However, in the technical field, these features become an advantage and mean that a system is reliable and reproducible. Like many concepts and trends in technology, it s nothing new. NixOS more on it later has existed for over twenty years, and ChromeOS is probably the most widely used immutable operating system OS . However, the widespread adoption of containers with Docker just over 10 years ago brought the concept to broader attention. Typically, you define a container in a text file, and This story continues at The Next WebShare: