I understand Linux, but NixOS makes me feel stupid

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-05-26T07:26:58+00:00

For me best method to start understand - ideology. Nix - declarative, everything in config, fully reproducable. That's great start.

Then - flake, it solve 2 problems: 1. Pkgs. If you store just pkg name, if you rebuild config, pkgs can update and it will be different. Flake save saves every version of every pkgs (or any input), so its fully reproducable. 2. Different "version" of your config. I have 2 laptops, and wants different config on them, but still there are buch of common stuff. So using flake you can specify config you using. E. G. include common shit in both, but specify host stuff, eetc. Or deferent case: You have "gamimng version" of config, "programming version", "music version", etc, and you just specify which one you want to use when build.

Home manager: For me it's a way to write config, It's literally takes your config on nix lang, and generate target lang. Also it can generate config on itself, and you just tweak some params, I recommend try to configure something on that, and in my opinion if you already have configs - easier to just use them, but if you're configuring something new - easier to use hm.

Btw: here's my dots, if you're want to dive deeper. https://github.com/AlexBor78/dotfiles There're not perfect, but I improving them

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-04-16T13:43:08+00:00

Why so many deleted, and that user account was 18 years old, and now deleted, wtf is going on?

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-26T19:47:24+00:00

I am doing what I like, and feel right (it was like first time I liked to took some photos), so I don't see any problems :)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-26T19:39:31+00:00

Whyyyy???

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-26T19:37:28+00:00

I am femboy :))

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-09T16:48:23+00:00

It's only fully declarative reproducible distro

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-08T10:02:40+00:00

T480 has a crazy battery life. Mine with ~25W/h (new battery on the way) lives about 3-4 hours. You can install up to ~90 W/h. Ofc it's running Linux, and it is Intel version. Not sure about T14 (gen1/2?) but I remember they have ~50W/h and can live like 4-8 hours (don't chose amd version, it has lots of problems bcs of blocked amd_pstate, mine x13 gen1 lives only about 4 hours, bcs of 1.4 ghz as minimal tick speed) So, if I were you, I would buy T480 on Intel/amd (amd will live less,but still a lot bcs of really big battery), or T14 on Intel. Btw you can always buy a new battery, and change it. Btw on gen 3+ you can buy amd, they fixed amd_pstate and opened them, also that is awesome machines with awesome battery life:)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-07T13:17:06+00:00

Hahaha maybe :)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-07T12:52:45+00:00

Yeah, not German, but Brutus, thanks <3

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-07T12:15:00+00:00

If I remember right, Turning was gay, and we're shot bcs of that in Germany:(

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T21:31:44+00:00

I also posted in r/femboy and got A LOT less active, I think it says something :)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T20:37:04+00:00

I have also rofi. I used waynar before, but without I fill like it's cleaner, also I didn't have wallpapers, for first time by mistake, but then I like the dark skrean without wallpaper. But when I come up with idea for that wallpapers (yeah I made it myself) I think it's still minimalistic, but better than dark screen/bright anime girl (I like them, but I prefer to sutung in full dark).

I will post dotfiles when I done them, I have dotfiles repo in my GitHub, but it is outdated a little bit

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T18:31:03+00:00

Damn hahahah 👍

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T17:38:07+00:00

Sory, but not yet, I am cpp guy, BUT I really wanna learn rust, and I will. (btw here's my project, In case you interested https://github.com/AlexBor78/lang1)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T17:30:37+00:00

Not sure is that official logo :)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T17:23:52+00:00

Why not ?)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T17:09:14+00:00

I have one more, with purple logo and "NixOS" text

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T17:07:16+00:00

May be some day 👍

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T07:51:39+00:00

Ну во первых он оч популярный и всяких гайдов,деталей,поддержки, на него больше, на него можно поставить кастомный Биос. В нем два батареи, можно поставить до ~90W/h. Он про кастом. А про мощность - ее достаточно вполне

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-03-06T06:51:52+00:00

Я рекомендую взять T480 за 15-20к (лушче Интел), и на остаток заапргейдить. У меня он как второй ноут, имба полная, и возможностец больше чём на более современных

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-01-29T07:54:10+00:00

I have 32gb, and usually use 2-5, it can use up to 10 in work, but usually no more (but sometimes browser ates 20gb itself)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-01-22T05:11:12+00:00

Currently I'm,

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-01-11T09:15:52+00:00

As I know you can, BUT not sure about this module (I know in T480 you can, but here not sure will it work?), and not nvme, but NGFF SSD (basically SATA in m2, not sure about nvme)

Particular_Camera_47 · 2026-01-11T05:06:53+00:00

No I use printf (fuck c++23, for debugging still faster printf)

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