▲ 31 ▼ Asking tony: Is NixOS Just Hype? (2077 Edition) - linkarzu - Podcast (www.youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by ruffsl@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/38125775 Nix related discussion starts around the the 0:14:00 min mark.
[+] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (10 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] hisao@ani.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) It’s a horrible distro for trying to run your desktop. Why? Do you know any other distro that lets you swap your default kernel to a number of real-time gaming-optimized kernels in few lines of configs at any moment without any risks? Also, just install toolbox/distrobox/homebrew into it for minor stuff that you don't mind being reproducible enough to justify bloating the config. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Overspark@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) This particular example isn't very good, just install multiple kernels (or compile one yourself) on your distro of choice and boot into the one you want with your bootloader of choice. Once set up you don't even have to change any configs any more, just use an interactive menu on boot. So even easier than NixOS? There are plenty of valid use-cases for Nix, this isn't one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hisao@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago just install multiple kernels (or compile one yourself) on your distro of choice and boot into the one you want with your bootloader of choice That's way more complicated than adding a single line of text in a single text file and also having guaranteed way back if anything goes wrong. permalink fedilink source parent [–] priapus@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago Thats just not true. Nix and NixOS are not the same thing. Nix is meant for CI/CD. NixOS is an OS designed for both desktop and server use. Why would there even be so many desktop environments and desktop software packages if it wasnt designed to be used on a desktop? permalink fedilink source parent [–] rycee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children) Its not for everyone but I've been using NixOS as my desktop OS for nearly 10 years and I am honestly pretty satisfied with the experience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Hey, to offset the person in the other comment, I want to say this: thanks for making home-manager and firefox-addons, my digital life is so much better with those <3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Ohh so that's why that name was familiar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rycee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Thanks, that is very nice to hear! permalink fedilink source parent [+] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Suspiciously you're the one who's trying to be included into every Nix{,OS} conversation with alternative facts easily disproved with a 5 second ddg search. Also, you're writing this to friggin rycee 1 2 3, which is just a cherry on top. Sincerely, someone who's mastered time travel because apparently running NixOS 15.09 on a desktop was not possible in this timeline. Oh wait whoops people have been running NixOS on desktop since 2007. (honestly, you must be trolling, I just don't see any other reason to do this shit.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] priapus@piefed.social 4 points 1 year ago Desktop packages haven't even been a part of the Nix repos for 10 years. Yes they have? Why are you just making shit up. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/15.09-beta/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.3 permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] hisao@ani.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) It’s a horrible distro for trying to run your desktop. Why? Do you know any other distro that lets you swap your default kernel to a number of real-time gaming-optimized kernels in few lines of configs at any moment without any risks? Also, just install toolbox/distrobox/homebrew into it for minor stuff that you don't mind being reproducible enough to justify bloating the config. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Overspark@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) This particular example isn't very good, just install multiple kernels (or compile one yourself) on your distro of choice and boot into the one you want with your bootloader of choice. Once set up you don't even have to change any configs any more, just use an interactive menu on boot. So even easier than NixOS? There are plenty of valid use-cases for Nix, this isn't one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hisao@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago just install multiple kernels (or compile one yourself) on your distro of choice and boot into the one you want with your bootloader of choice That's way more complicated than adding a single line of text in a single text file and also having guaranteed way back if anything goes wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Overspark@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) This particular example isn't very good, just install multiple kernels (or compile one yourself) on your distro of choice and boot into the one you want with your bootloader of choice. Once set up you don't even have to change any configs any more, just use an interactive menu on boot. So even easier than NixOS? There are plenty of valid use-cases for Nix, this isn't one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hisao@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago just install multiple kernels (or compile one yourself) on your distro of choice and boot into the one you want with your bootloader of choice That's way more complicated than adding a single line of text in a single text file and also having guaranteed way back if anything goes wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hisao@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago just install multiple kernels (or compile one yourself) on your distro of choice and boot into the one you want with your bootloader of choice That's way more complicated than adding a single line of text in a single text file and also having guaranteed way back if anything goes wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] priapus@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago Thats just not true. Nix and NixOS are not the same thing. Nix is meant for CI/CD. NixOS is an OS designed for both desktop and server use. Why would there even be so many desktop environments and desktop software packages if it wasnt designed to be used on a desktop? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rycee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children) Its not for everyone but I've been using NixOS as my desktop OS for nearly 10 years and I am honestly pretty satisfied with the experience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Hey, to offset the person in the other comment, I want to say this: thanks for making home-manager and firefox-addons, my digital life is so much better with those <3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Ohh so that's why that name was familiar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rycee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Thanks, that is very nice to hear! permalink fedilink source parent [+] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Suspiciously you're the one who's trying to be included into every Nix{,OS} conversation with alternative facts easily disproved with a 5 second ddg search. Also, you're writing this to friggin rycee 1 2 3, which is just a cherry on top. Sincerely, someone who's mastered time travel because apparently running NixOS 15.09 on a desktop was not possible in this timeline. Oh wait whoops people have been running NixOS on desktop since 2007. (honestly, you must be trolling, I just don't see any other reason to do this shit.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] priapus@piefed.social 4 points 1 year ago Desktop packages haven't even been a part of the Nix repos for 10 years. Yes they have? Why are you just making shit up. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/15.09-beta/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.3 permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Hey, to offset the person in the other comment, I want to say this: thanks for making home-manager and firefox-addons, my digital life is so much better with those <3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Ohh so that's why that name was familiar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rycee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Thanks, that is very nice to hear! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Ohh so that's why that name was familiar. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rycee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Thanks, that is very nice to hear! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] just_another_person@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Suspiciously you're the one who's trying to be included into every Nix{,OS} conversation with alternative facts easily disproved with a 5 second ddg search. Also, you're writing this to friggin rycee 1 2 3, which is just a cherry on top. Sincerely, someone who's mastered time travel because apparently running NixOS 15.09 on a desktop was not possible in this timeline. Oh wait whoops people have been running NixOS on desktop since 2007. (honestly, you must be trolling, I just don't see any other reason to do this shit.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] priapus@piefed.social 4 points 1 year ago Desktop packages haven't even been a part of the Nix repos for 10 years. Yes they have? Why are you just making shit up. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/15.09-beta/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.3 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Suspiciously you're the one who's trying to be included into every Nix{,OS} conversation with alternative facts easily disproved with a 5 second ddg search. Also, you're writing this to friggin rycee 1 2 3, which is just a cherry on top. Sincerely, someone who's mastered time travel because apparently running NixOS 15.09 on a desktop was not possible in this timeline. Oh wait whoops people have been running NixOS on desktop since 2007. (honestly, you must be trolling, I just don't see any other reason to do this shit.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] priapus@piefed.social 4 points 1 year ago Desktop packages haven't even been a part of the Nix repos for 10 years. Yes they have? Why are you just making shit up. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/15.09-beta/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.3 permalink fedilink source parent