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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Why everyone is switching to NixOS ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone!

I saw that NixOS is getting popularity recently. I really have no idea why and how this OS works. Can you guys help me understanding all of this ?

Thanks !

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I will switch as soon as I can get proprietary Nvidia drivers to work on my laptop.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That is the main reason I can't use my laptop with linux. It has a 3060 in it. I work as a dev and need to use 2-3 external displays with my laptop. The driver combined with x or wayland is atrocious, I tried 20 distros and I can't get it to work. The saddest thing is that none of the tech is exotic in any way. It's just HDMIs and AOC 24 inch monitors...

[–] TeaEarlGrayHot 1 points 2 years ago

Same here, I've got an eGPU connected to 3 external monitors and lack of hotplug is killer. I have spent hours working with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, PopOS, Fedora, etc. to try and get hot plug/unplug to work--the best one so far is Kubuntu with open source drivers, as long as no programs are running when I unplug it it doesn't crash half the time!

Windows works flawlessly, even if a program is using the GPU it'll kill that program but the OS and all other programs will keep running. As soon as I can get that working in Linux, I'll use it full time--I've already adapted my workflow over to cross-platform apps (LibreOffice, Logseq, Joplin, Thunderbird, Firefox, FreeCAD), and the fact that I'm sticking with Windows just for eGPU support is annoying