BigDaddyRAAB

My understanding is the main problem here is that the machines became effectively unbootable. This wouldn't happen in nixos because if setup properly all core system files are handled by nixos itself. That being said obviously it depends on how a user manages their system.

Nixos wouldn't have had any issues, it maintains state information based on configuration and you can choose to load an older boot image during bootloader. Other immutable distros it depends on how they work