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Isn't Nixos the new Arch? Its way more byzantine, still under development, a silicon valley darling and requires learning a new DSL to install packages.
The idea sounds great on paper. I love the concept. I'm not going to learn a language to install software on my system.
learning a new DSL to install packages.
This is an understatement. It's like a build system, package manager, and git repository were thrown in a blender. Those don't need to be separate systems, but boy does it help pin down what's going wrong.
Rant:
I noped right the fuck out after 60 minutes of trying to get nix to work as an isolated dev+build environment under Ubuntu. It probably works better under NixOS, but it's documented for this use-case too. After things stopped lining up with the docs, I realized it was going to cost me more time than it it would save.
a silicon valley darling
is it really? i had no idea
Its starting to replace ansible/puppet/etc as the IAC tool of choice.
As an example, one of the core nix maintainers works for Anduril, the AI weapons/surveillance company run by right wing shit head Palmer lucky. Ive heard they are deep in the Nix ecosystem. Here is their nixos stig config.
shit I had no idea. That's a real shame.
I'm sure plenty of non shit heads use it, but yeah.
EDIT: Way more on this NixOS issue here:
"Captain, I'm afraid we've lost him."
But when the Fediverse needed him most, he vanished
I didn't realize he was back. I remember the last post I read from him stated he was taking a break
This account was last seen two weeks ago. Still a long time for this user, I think
I was literally wondering that this morning! Noticed the non-political shitposts had largely dried up, and realized I hadn't seen TPM for a good minute. Come back, we need you.
TPM: *Wakes up on the floor of the bridge 20 minutes later having experienced installing and removing 20 distros, finally landing on FreeBSD and coding the perfect shell.*
It's inevitable
I’m sure they will emerge soon
Stronger and wiser, having communed with the GURU
You misspelled GNURU.
I have no idea what a gnuru is 😅
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
I’m installing Pop_OS right now! I’m not expecting it to pull me away from Fedora + KDE, but I’m interested in the new Cosmic Desktop beta. It’s not every day we get a major new DE built entirely from scratch.