• antsu@lemmy.wtf
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    2 days ago

    I maintain the opinion that NixOS exists solely to make us Arch users (btw) look not as bad in comparison.

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    7 days ago

    You may have lost your wife but at least you kept your virginity and thats the real victory !

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      5 days ago

      Any downsides to switching to Debian from Arch? If using the testing branch it’s mostly like Arch right?

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        I’ve noticed that more and more, interesting new projects have nix, appimg, pkg, and docker releases. So on Debian, I need to rely on non-native packages or compiling more frequently than before. Not a big issue, but it’s a new awkwardness I wasn’t used to.

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        no, texting is packages that are chosen to make it the next version of debian stable, the version your thinking of is debian unstable/sid, which is not a standalone os but a repo that you can change to after you install either testing or stable (unstable does not refer to the stability of your system but to the stability of package compatibility as it turns debian into a rolling release system like arch) Note: you can use Bookworm (stable) and trixie (testing) repos along with sid repos but it’s not recommended as it would make a frankendebian and might break stuff (see this for more info)

  • Delilah (She/Her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    “They may be unstable but at least they notice when I’m in the room” -> As an arch user, fair. I can feel the change in air pressure as the door opens so I notice despite the noise canceling headphones

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    7 days ago

    How much more complicated is NixOS compared to a neovim setup? On paper I love the idea.

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      Much more I think. The initial setup is the hard part, and I would recommend keeping a second computer on the side so you can keep trouble shooting when your display driver shits the bed or your wifi module decides it would like to take a nap.

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        I installed NixOS a couple months ago, and it’s been my smoothest Linux experience to date. Everything just worked, except I had to figure out how to open the firewall for my network drive on my home server to be discoverable and usable. But that was fairly expected. I game, so I stress test the graphics routinely. No WiFi, though, so I guess that could maybe be flaky.

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          Usually, breaks happen when you’re trying to change something - if you aren’t trying to install something or change some configuration everything that works will keeps working.

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    The feeling of “conflating reality and whatever computer topic you’re currently engrossed in” is too real.

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        Cramming for CCNA while also wedding planning and on codeine for a bad cough, many years ago…I remember the question of how many subnets to fit in each table crossing my head. Shit like that.

        (I mention the codeine because my body, as it turns out, has nearly no tolerance for opiates).

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    8 days ago

    So NixOS is like freebasing Arch, got it. I’m still tempted to spin up a VM, just a taste…

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    8 days ago

    What a noob, with just roll back to an earlier build of your relationship, duh!