fix: simplified wording choices

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Rudra Saraswat 2026-04-07 18:39:56 +01:00
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↑ *`/system.yaml` file from blendOS v4*
Unlike previous iterations of the project, it provided a configuration file enabling one to configure their system fully declaratively. However, this neither guaranteed reproducibility nor stability, and there had shortly been realised a need for a system more extensible than that offered; after all, one could only get so far with a handful of Pacman and AUR packages and commands.
Additionally, as it existed, the system configuration file was limited to a base Arch rootfs and had no support for custom distributions, image/rootfs sources or the like. Besides, there were no guardrails built into the system to inhibit a user from utterly wrecking their computer, and it was functionally identical to a slightly more restrictive Arch system.
Unlike previous iterations of the project, it provided a configuration file enabling one to configure their system fully declaratively. However, this neither guaranteed reproducibility nor stability, and there had shortly been realised a need for a system more extensible than that offered; after all, one could only get so far with a handful of Pacman and AUR packages and commands. Additionally, as it existed, the system configuration file was limited to a base Arch rootfs and had no support for custom distributions, image/rootfs sources or the like. Besides, with the exception of its atomic nature, there existed limited guardrails built into the system to inhibit a user from utterly wrecking their computer.
Thus began an effort to produce a successor that utilised solely container images for this purpose by the name CommonArch, a project that had found itself within a continual cycle of development and stalling ever since the release of blendOS v4; yet, I had found limited success in introducing support for distributions other than Arch Linux, besides the obvious lack of system extensibility posed by such an implementation. At the end of the day, blendOS has always revolved around configurability to a greater extent than some other novice-friendly immutable distributions, as one may have come to expect at this point.
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This, in tandem with a standard Arch track utilising a usual (cached) `pacstrap` invocation to generate an update root filesystem, allows us to offer an experience unperturbed by stability issues nearly as frequent, and certainly no longer plagued by anywhere near as many assumptions baked into our earlier update implementation.
In a nutshell, then, users now have the choice to opt between an exclusively container image-based system, one composed purely of standard system packages, or one of a hybrid nature; this choice has been abstracted away from novice users in a manner that is easily discoverable and configurable by those more familiar with such a system and/or those wishing to extend their system to lengths unimaginable with pre-existing user-friendly atomic distributions.
In a nutshell, then, users now have the choice to opt between an exclusively container image-based system, one composed purely of standard system packages, or one of a hybrid nature; this choice has been abstracted away from novice users in a manner that is easily discoverable and configurable by those more familiar with such a system and/or those wishing to extend their system to lengths unimaginable with pre-existing novice-friendly atomic distributions.
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This past year has been a rather tumultous one -- for one, I no longer reside in Wiltshire, instead encircled by the urban pastures of London (and the not-so-urban Surrey countryside, though unfortunately somewhat further off). Moreover, the increased academic pressure of the A-levels certainly has caught up to me, as I bid goodbye to the bygone days of the GCSEs (and alongside it, my time at an online independent school) to welcome a state school (well, a grammar school) into my life for the first time ever; even so, my prep school and public school days are certainly well behind me at this point, their role in my life displaced by the gruelsome scholastic pursuits of this newfound selective environment.
All of this takes us to the present day, where I presently find myself fully engrossed in this singular project of mine in spite of my upcoming Year 12 mock examinations the coming week onwards (that determine my predicted grades -> what universities I can attend). This is unfortunately likely not to last particularly long, but I do expect to return to working on blendOS v5 more actively by some time around the end of this month; one may, however, expect my online activity to drop substantially over the coming couple of weeks.
All of this takes us to the present day, where I find myself fully engrossed in this project in spite of my upcoming Year 12 mock examinations the coming week onwards (that determine my predicted grades -> what universities I can attend); owing to those exams, this period of activity is unfortunately not likely to last particularly long, but I do expect to return to working on blendOS v5 more actively by some time around the beginning of next month; one may, however, expect my online activity to drop substantially over the coming couple of weeks.
On a more relevant note, you may have noticed that I am back on an earlier website of mine again missing all of my articles from the past, something that can only be attributed to a fleeting pang of wistfulness. I intend on migrating posts from my earlier blog here at some point, though that does not linger in my head as an immediate priority.