this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
862 points (97.4% liked)
linuxmemes
28504 readers
1273 users here now
Hint: :q!
Sister communities:
Community rules (click to expand)
1. Follow the site-wide rules
- Instance-wide TOS: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
- Lemmy code of conduct: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
2. Be civil
- Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
- Do not harrass or attack users for any reason. This includes using blanket terms, like "every user of thing".
- Don't get baited into back-and-forth insults. We are not animals.
- Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
- Bigotry will not be tolerated.
3. Post Linux-related content
- Including Unix and BSD.
- Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of
sudoin Windows. - No porn, no politics, no trolling or ragebaiting.
- Don't come looking for advice, this is not the right community.
4. No recent reposts
- Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, <loves/tolerates/hates> systemd, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
5. π¬π§ Language/ΡΠ·ΡΠΊ/Sprache
- This is primarily an English-speaking community. π¬π§π¦πΊπΊπΈ
- Comments written in other languages are allowed.
- The substance of a post should be comprehensible for people who only speak English.
- Titles and post bodies written in other languages will be allowed, but only as long as the above rule is observed.
6. (NEW!) Regarding public figures
We all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations. - Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement.
- We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated.
- Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed. Β
Please report posts and comments that break these rules!
Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't remove France.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Try Nix. She's into the weird stuff.
What's so good about Nix? Genuine question.
NixOS gives you a declarative build from a config file, so you can reproducibly deploy the same system, without worry of a system using different dependencies.
MicroOS does something similar in that you can first boot from a config file and the system builds, including services and applications.
Glad you asked! To start, the module system is really powerful, especially coupled with the flexibility of the nix language itself. It takes work to wrap your brain around everything but once you do it becomes such a cool ecosystem. If Arch is like using Lego blocks to configure your system, NixOS is like using a 3D printer. You have to learn about the store, function libraries, etc. It can be complicated and messy. But you can do some pretty cool things with it!
What's the repo situation like? Does it have all or most of the packages you'd want?
nixpkgs is the largest repo, period.
There's loads. I've never had trouble finding any and you can build/customize your own. You can search through the main repo here: https://search.nixos.org/packages but there are also loads of user made modules.
It's Gentoo, but for cowards.
Well take my upvote for being so f*#&ing brave (Β°β½Β°)/ Bet your socks go all the way up
With some tweaks to the flags you could recompile everything optimized to your hardware but now reproducible
I know, love, I'm just joking around.