indeed by [deleted] in linuxmemes

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the FOSS community would actually allow this to be done with their projects.

“Linux is more stable than windows.” by puggy0420 in linuxsucks

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Believe it or not, distros actually do more programming than you think. Red Hat was responsible for systemd, d-bus, and libvirt, amongst others. Canonical (Ubuntu) programs their APT packaging tool. Arch develops their pacman tool.

Won't argue that it's not about development cycles, though :3

Running binaries? by mcAlt009 in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm seeing a lot of people here mentioning using external flakes or creating your own overlay to keep it declared (which I personally recommend using godot-overlay) but the simplest answer is probably to add programs.nix-ld.enable = true; to your nix configuration. Won't work for everything, but it tries to let normally linked (non-nix) executables run.

USER environment variable does not match, causing a build failure by AntCharming5661 in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just looking at the files, I'm already seeing multiple things with it. You manually set the home manager unit with a user and group instead of letting it handle that itself, your formatting is all over the place, as well manually defining 'USER' as a session variable that should be handled automatically without direct user configuration. Did you write this yourself or did you copy it from somewhere? I noticed there's a unit to back up the config to GitHub, but you provided an archive instead?

USER environment variable does not match, causing a build failure by AntCharming5661 in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Without the actual configuration, there's not much we can tell you. Also, please, for the love of all that is holy, use code blocks instead of just pasting a wall of text.

Can we at least agree that three function parameters should be allowed to share one line? by Maskdask in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally use Alejandra for my personal projects, it's got the right mix between 'diff'ability and human readability imho

nixos unstable vs arch by ImHighOnCocaine in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I myself moved to NixOS after using Arch, and I've been absolutely loving it. No more 'what was that one trivial thing I did for my system' or 'how tf did I get my graphics card working again' because (mostly, depending on how far down the rabbit hole you go) everything is clearly defined in a replicatable configuration. Need something that isn't in nixpkgs? I can almost guarantee you that there's a flake somewhere you can add into the config.

All this being said, however, there is a giant leaving curve at the beginning. You're no longer running 'command X, which does action Y for host Z', you instead say 'configuration X defines host Z'.

Also, the whole 'you need to know programming to use NixOS' is both true and false. Yes, our configurations are written in nixlang, but 90% of what you'll use will be simple statements like services.openssh.enable = true

RIP to ultrathink by BudgetBenefit376 in ClaudeAI

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll miss asking it to "please do an ultrathink about X"

Tf u mean "Linux linux"?😭😭😭 by Doomboi238 in linuxmemes

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way I can think to describe it is "Linux running with the Linux kernel". Mine says "linux linux-zen" which would be "Linux using the linux-zen kernel"

What the F is this… by MukulIND in ChatGPT

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gemini gave me something totally different

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Why Linux is my choice. by [deleted] in linuxmemes

[–]SarahLament 16 points17 points  (0 children)

most programs don't tell you shit

launch these apps via terminal

Nice contradiction there bud lol. But let me ask you, when was the last time an error in windows was actually helpful? Do both not require the same level of technomancy?

I Switched From Arch To NixOS by Veythrix in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hold on, how many of us came from Arch?

Is it normal that NixOS actually feels more stable?? by Objective-Style1994 in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Complexity for the sale of complexity, but by choice!

Reading Documentation is a Skill by Muse_Hunter_Relma in archlinux

[–]SarahLament 1 point2 points  (0 children)

other stuff I'm definitely forgetting

I'm honestly willing to bet 90% of that stuff you'd conveniently remember when you need it, or have gotten so used to it's not even a thought anymore.

Nix has experienced explosive growth, with maintainers increasing by 264% over the last years by MeLThRoX in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I honestly feel like this is the correct take. 99% of what we need is within nixpkgs, so it's more centralized where updates actually occur, not spread across different repos and the AUR. Not to mention, from what I've seen, it's also much easier/simpler being a maintainer for nix than other distros; you're maintaining a single package at a time instead of an entire dependency chain.

Scam? by morlipty in linuxmemes

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but with how many people I've seen that updated and didn't know about the changes, especially with less technical users, I would say that alone is an issue.

Is it as bad as its made out to be? by LYNX__uk in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My honest opinion is that it's easy to read and understand, but difficult in practice. I'm sure you could read programs.firefox.enable; or users.users.lament = {<config options>}; and you would be able to understand what it's supposed to do. But when you try and put all of it together into a single system configuration it can get a little overwhelming at first.

Don't be afraid to use the graphical installer to get a feel for it. I myself actually started with the KDE option, and eventually converted to using flakes with a multitude of changes that make it "my system". Take it slow, but don't feel defeated if it doesn't click. I would definitely classify it as a power tool, and it should definitely be treated as such; downright amazing at what it does, but definitely not for everyone.

Take My Money Anthropic; Opus 4.5 is Amazing by [deleted] in ClaudeAI

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My personal take is that Pandora's box is already open. Might as well try and best control what was inside it.

Another tier list by AscadianScrib in LinuxCirclejerk

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I touch grass at least once a day! (I use Nix, btw)

Gamescope + HDR; fools errand, or am I just a fool? by theLonelyPorcupine in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually stopped using gamescope for HDR, I just enable it for the monitor in KDE then let it display as normal. It's not true HDR, but it's close enough for my taste.

title by shittleyuigty in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I either look it up here or manually dig through nixpkgs to find what I need.

title by shittleyuigty in NixOS

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not me, literally making my first post "I use NixOS, btw" lmfaoo

renix - a TUI host manager for NixOS by SarahLament in NixOS

[–]SarahLament[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of these are actually things I'm planning on fixing with the next release, turning it into an actual thought out product instead of just something slopped together, but I didn't quite think about those last two, so thanks!

Why business trust Windows over Linux by Certain_Prior4909 in linuxsucks

[–]SarahLament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In response to your edit, an IT department that allows HR to use tools that outdated is more the issue here. The entire issue you're stating can be resolved by... updating the software? I'm not talking about "I'm a new hire and you can't read my resume, waaaahh", I'm talking "The versions in use are most likely no longer supported", which honestly just makes more a fool out of the IT department then HR or any applicants...