This is why you need to have 2 computers. One to run a boring distro that just works. And the other one for installing distros that you can ride for fun as it goes down in flames.
The best of both worlds.
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I think I just reached the point where my NixOS is configured exactly as I want, so now the system just works and works without me changing anything. π Iβm gonna have to start having sex since I can no longer justify it on the lack of time.
Oh please. Be real. Are you sure there's nothing in your flake to refactor or modularize? :)
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Iβm gonna have to start having sex since I can no longer justify it on the lack of time.
Nix fixes that.
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A boring OS is a healthy OS.
I was about to say! Who the hell thinks their computer being reliable is boring!?
People who like fixing things.
Yeah but I like to tinker when I chose to tinker. Not randomly when I'm trying to get work done
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Yeah, that's me comfortably sitting on Bazzite right now. There are definitely ways for it to improve, but I've only really ever had one issue in the last few months, and that was fixed the next week. I just get to use my computer, and it's nice.
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NixOS -- now I've finally found the endgame distro!
several days later CachyOS is actually much simpler.
NixOS' learning curve is brutal.
Based on my years of community experience, whichever you pick is wrong and you're a bad person for thinking that it was the right choice.
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Tune Arch ONCE. Sets you for life
and also back up in case a borked package(s) appears in an update
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I'll never understand why some people have the need to constantly fiddle with their OS install. But, different strokes for different folks.
Look at Mr. "I have something better to do than build compilation queues for LibreOffice" over here.
In between gaming and gooning theres just no time left in the day for anything else.
/S
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Just use Fedora. It just works.
That's literally Bazzite in this chart
I meant Fedora Workstation.
But even so, "it just works" = "this is boring!"
Nix
I adore the idea of nix. I fucking hate the syntax with a passion.
oh use the .packages but only for this else use a flake and if you want dot files there is this other completely different thing with home manager but if you want this extra config customization or a custom system script then you need to make a derrivatio...
its so damn exhausting.
I just want a list of packages.
That I can put in modules.
And turn them on and off based on the computer I'm on.
And if they are on they should use these dots.
And not look like a spaghetti bowl made of curly braces sourced from json derulos left buttock.
And the system should also have some additional sbctl hooks because we still have not figured out that dracut generated initramfs files don't get purged from the database so I have to have a custom hook to not get error messages every time I paru ahahahAAHAHA...
anyway dcli exists and is a fine middle ground.
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No
Yes
Come to the dark side, we've got new Plasma, and exhausting manual configuration
It's there to solve your "This is boring" issue without having to do all of the system configuration stuff manually*.
I was able to package a nightly AppImage as if it were installed normally like an app, and I could reinstall the system if I wanted to, and it'd still be there. NixOS is the opposite of manual dependency resolution, it's dependency heaven. You can have unstable and stable repositories side-by-side, living in a utopic egalitarian society. You can write a configuration file that does everything. You can do anything with NixOS. NixOS is the one true god, all hail NixOS---
Ah, I see why you may not want to use it. Consider it though, it's genuinely good and trying doesn't hurt.
I haven't even told you about nix-comma or nix helper (nh) yet. May the, uh, flake be with you.
*You do have to write the config files, though you can just adapt someone else's configuration.
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NixOS manages to be all of these at once except the manual dependency management
NixOS is indirect manual dependency management.
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What's the one on the left?
Either way, boring is good.
Boring is good indeed. I'm running Bazzite on both my gaming desktop as well as my work laptop (webdev). The only reason I think about Bazzite at all is because I see it mentioned everywhere and feel the need to share my experience. Otherwise, it really is out of sight, out of mind.
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Bazzite iirc
Bazzite. An immutable^[1]^ distro pre-configured for gaming.
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The root system is one image and can't be altered.
Software is installed from a GUI software center via flatpak.
A bit like Android.
Just stay on Debian and be patient for the new Plasma version. Problem solved.
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Idk I've been on Slackware for 10 years.. And I've just ended up learning how to use the OS and change things as I please.
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Do people really be using Slackware these days? I'm on Bazzite atm and it's cool but a bit different esp with the ostree stuff.
Curious what the use case is for Slackware nowadays
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