Re: [tlug] Ubuntu Trusty (14.04) issues

[Jens Oliver John <lists@example.com>]

On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 01:31:37AM +0800, Raymond Wan wrote:
> I wonder if there is any Linux distribution that allows you to keep
> your system at one version but upgrade software like your web browser
> in an isolated way such that all of its dependencies are put somewhere
> so as not to disturb the rest of the system?  Though this goes against
> software development, it would make upgrading far more optional!  :-)

NixOS[0] does exactly this with its Nix[1] package manager.

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