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Many people think of Docker as a virtual machine, but a better way to look at it is as a security wrapper around a process.

I really like this interpetation of containers. Thanks for sharing.

My fav prog band no doubt

Me and one other tech friend who appeased me. We tried simplex first, but sometimes their background service would be off and they wouldnt get messages. So we switch to Molly.

I've had an amazing time remoting into friends and families windows machines from my linux box, and they were able to install rustdesk very easily. It's incredibly streamlined and has been so helpful when I need it.

I use a tool called ouch so I never have to remember the tar flags ever again.

Yes, let's just give up. That's the best choice.

I dont think the criticism of installing apps is valid. Windows also has many ways of installing things. He criticizes the app center as if you can install everything from the microsoft store. On windows you still install stuff from a website, and you can use a package manager too it just isn't a requirement.

OBS Studio: There's a community version but no official version of OBS for Linux.

This is incorrect, right? Im assuming had to install it somewhere else and presumed it wasnt official.

If you really hate linux, I think the transition will be extra difficult and you might not end up switching away.

If you use conda, I suggest using pixi as a project manager. It has lock files which will fix dependencies, and it can activate your enviroments with scripts and variables defined in your pyproject.toml. It has been so much better than using conda directly: https://pixi.sh/

Theres three things at play here: nix, nixpkgs, and NixOS.

Nix is a programming language. Its designed as its primary purpose to configure, build, and install software.

Nixpkgs is a collections of mamy bundles of premade nix code called derivations. These derivations include the build instructions for applications and the configuration options for those applications. This part is most equivalent to a package repository, but it does not contain prebuilt packages. It only contains the instructions for building it.

Nix has a wide variety of tools for managing these derivations. This includes downloading derivations from nixpkgs and building them locally on your machine (or finding prebuilt packages from a cache). Nix shell is one of those tools that downloads a package temporarily, and makes it available in your shell. You wouldnt use nix shell for installing things permanently.

The OS built with nix as the primary package manager is NixOS. It allows you to define your entire system state as a derivation: your systemd units, installed packages, user configuration, graphical environment, etc.

The best part of NixOS is that it takes the OS and represents the state of the computer as a single repository of code. If you look up someones nixos configuration on GitHub, you'll see a single collection of files (filled with derivations!) that completely and totally define the state of the system.

Lollypop looks awesome. Thanks for recommending. Welcome back to NixOS