• FauxLiving@lemmy.world
    47·
    6 months ago

    Based on my years of community experience, whichever you pick is wrong and you’re a bad person for thinking that it was the right choice.

  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    6 months ago

    I’ll never understand why some people have the need to constantly fiddle with their OS install. But, different strokes for different folks.

    • Bonje@lemmy.world
      12·
      6 months ago

      I adore the idea of nix. I fucking hate the syntax with a passion.

      oh use the .packages but only for this else use a flake and if you want dot files there is this other completely different thing with home manager but if you want this extra config customization or a custom system script then you need to make a derrivatio…

      its so damn exhausting.

      I just want a list of packages.

      That I can put in modules.

      And turn them on and off based on the computer I’m on.

      And if they are on they should use these dots.

      And not look like a spaghetti bowl made of curly braces sourced from json derulos left buttock.

      And the system should also have some additional sbctl hooks because we still have not figured out that dracut generated initramfs files don’t get purged from the database so I have to have a custom hook to not get error messages every time I paru ahahahAAHAHA…

      anyway dcli exists and is a fine middle ground.

      • thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 months ago

        The biggest thing that helped me with nix is to realize the syntax is shit because the language is veryyyy different. Entirely expression based, nearly pure functional programing. Everything is a set.

        Once I understood that it was much simpler, and worth the time. I never worry about system configuration anymore it just works, and it’ll keep working unless I choose to change something in my system flake

  • vga@sopuli.xyz
    11·
    6 months ago

    NixOS – now I’ve finally found the endgame distro!

    several days later CachyOS is actually much simpler.

  • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    Idk I’ve been on Slackware for 10 years… And I’ve just ended up learning how to use the OS and change things as I please.

    • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgOP
      6·
      6 months ago

      I love that Slackware still exists, and try every new release.
      It works as a daily driver and after initial setup is less of a hassle than people think, but I also can’t really find any good reason to use it over more modern distros.

      • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Valid. I really like that the whole system is held up with a bunch of bash scripts. Which is not a plus for a lot of people.

    • sulfidedisburseangledafternoontipper@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      I came up on Slackware, used it exclusively from like ‘96 - 08’. Have not touched it since. I have fond memories of debugging XFree86.conf and compiling half of what I installed from source. 🤣 This is a wild slack themed day- I just ran into a Bob Dobbs picture in the wild. 😂

      • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        A wild Bob is calling you 🤣 Tbh I’ve not debugged a config like that in so long, since like 10 and I was a wee lad. Most things just work now. I’ve also been using Wayland and pipewire.

  • Bluewing@lemmy.world
    6·
    6 months ago

    This is why you need to have 2 computers. One to run a boring distro that just works. And the other one for installing distros that you can ride for fun as it goes down in flames.

    The best of both worlds.

      • Holla@feddit.org
        3·
        6 months ago

        Opensuse is also great: Like Fedora its rpm-based and backed by a corpo and with Tumbleweed you’ll get a nice rolling release experience without worries that it’s gonna bork itself

        • SleepyPie@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

          But the lizard looks so unserious, my family thinks it’s untrustworthy 🤷

          (I went with Debian in the end and we love it)

    • nil@piefed.caEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Fedora is the best. My friend who recently started using Linux persuades me to install NixOS (which I’ve already tried 2 years ago), but I really can’t leave Fedora. Everything just works and are up to date.