On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 2:35 AM Sergio Belkin <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've been playing a bit with toolbox, what is it intended for?
>
> I understand that was intended primarily for immutable OS. But
> documentation says that it can be used on the Workstation edition too.
> AFAIK it's only useful if you don't want to mess up your /usr of your host
> operating system by installing apps. Beyond that, you can happily destroy
> your very $HOME, from overwriting dot files to removing any other of your
> important files.
> Am I missing something?
> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
Yes, you can totally destroy all your files. That's the "bad" side of it.
Look at the bright side: you don't need to deal with different dotfiles
depending on your platform.

I use toolbox every single day, I can switch versions, try testing packages
and even switch distributions.

Hope it helps.




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