Principal Skinner on Immutable Distros - eviltoast

Am I out of touch?

No, it’s the forward-thinking generation of software engineers that want elegant, reliable, declarative systems that are wrong.

  • null@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    NixOS is the most boring distro I’ve ever used.

    I configured everything across multiple machines and now it just works.

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      3 months ago

      Sure I guess if you can manage to get everything to work in the first place which involves following sixteen different guides across twenty-three different websites all of which with conflicting information.

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
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      3 months ago

      How, tho?

      Seriously, how do you even get started? It’s like the tutorials are all, “This is a basic ‘Hello World’ module/flake. Now, you are a master.” I would love to figure it out, but I need a little more hand holding.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah, I’ve had the same experience multiple times, people have been raving about it but I can’t find a tutorial that is as noob-friendly as I’d need it.

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I went through a NixOS phase, and for a user that isn’t trying to maintain a dev environment, it’s a bloody lot of hassle.

    I’m all behind immutable distros even though I don’t particularly have the need for them, but declaritive OSs are kinda niche.