Waydroid_Setup_Guide VS ostree

So does the waydroid work on the deck? Well, it kind of does, kind of not. I managed to install waydroid using this tutorial: https://gitlab.com/popsulfr/steam-deck-tricks#android-via-waydroid I also managed to install arm translation layer using script mentioned here: https://github.com/Aman9das/Waydroid_Setup_Guide And I also managed to get GAPPS working, after sending google services identificator to google here: https://www.google.com/android/uncertified/?pli=1

https://github.com/Aman9das/Waydroid_Setup_Guide/blob/main/COMPATIBILITY.md this is the best linux can do at the moment.. of course you have touchscreen, so everything over 3 will work perfectly with touch

Look up how to install wayland. Then follow https://github.com/Aman9das/Waydroid_Setup_Guide this guide, as its closest to Mint

Yeah the guide has compatibility rating as a table too. In fact i made the table, general apps works pretty well, games are hit or miss: https://github.com/Aman9das/Waydroid_Setup_Guide/

See https://github.com/Aman9das/Waydroid_Setup_Guide

Set up https://github.com/Aman9das/Waydroid_setup_guide for her too if you think she'd appreciate it :)

Ansible makes mutable changes to the OS, task by task.

Nix is immutable. A new change is made entirely new, and only after the build is successful, all packages are "symlinked" to the current system.

Fedora Silverblue is based on ostree [1]. It works similarly like git, but on your root tree. But it requires you to reboot the whole system for the changes to take effect. Since Nix is just symlinked packages, you don't need to reboot the system.

More detailed explanation here [2].

[1]: https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree

[2]: https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2023-07-12-intro-to-immutable-...

This one is for the ostree bug currently ongoing: https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/issues/2900

This sounds related to the ostree bug.

I definitely agree that immutability offers considerable value in regards to improving security. But arguably it's insufficient to pull the win over mutable Fedora due to the losses caused by the inability to install the kernel-hardened package and the lack of UKI (Unified Kernel Image) support.

Other hardening guides mention a Unified Kernel Image as another measure to further improve security. Unfortunately, once more, this is (currently) not supported on Fedora Silverblue. I haven't seen it being done on openSUSE Aeon either. Though, once again, I'd love to be corrected!

The fedora crew is working on it through ostree though, so both fedora Silverblue and flatpak will be getting it (as well as true immutability) in the future: https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/issues/2867

Aside from what has already been mentioned, Unified Kernel Image isn't supported (yet).