These different approaches to allowing modification of immutable systems have different strengths, but allow the user to select what is appropriate for them: from managing systems in a familiar way (such as with rpm-ostree, or using SSH) to new paradigms such as that implemented by Talos Linux, where there is no SSH, all management is done by API, and security is paramount — with the requirement of learning a new way to manage systems.

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