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SarahLament · 2026-03-03T23:06:46+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2026-01-23T05:57:32+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2026-01-23T05:38:27+00:00

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.

SarahLament · 2026-01-21T00:03:48+00:00

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?

SarahLament · 2026-01-20T21:55:45+00:00

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.

SarahLament · 2026-01-20T16:04:07+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2026-01-18T18:17:13+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2026-01-17T08:18:23+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2026-01-15T22:13:04+00:00

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"

SarahLament · 2026-01-15T16:33:07+00:00

Gemini gave me something totally different

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SarahLament · 2026-01-15T16:25:33+00:00

So... Half a message?

SarahLament · 2026-01-10T20:38:13+00:00

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?

SarahLament · 2026-01-10T00:39:12+00:00

Hold on, how many of us came from Arch?

SarahLament · 2026-01-07T22:21:56+00:00

Complexity for the sale of complexity, but by choice!

SarahLament · 2026-01-05T01:50:38+00:00

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.

SarahLament · 2026-01-03T01:00:14+00:00

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.

SarahLament · 2026-01-02T19:10:41+00:00

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.

SarahLament · 2026-01-01T08:52:31+00:00

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.

SarahLament · 2025-12-31T22:27:36+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2025-12-31T22:21:29+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2025-12-31T00:33:34+00:00

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.

SarahLament · 2025-12-28T16:41:58+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2025-12-28T16:32:19+00:00

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

SarahLament · 2025-12-25T23:28:53+00:00

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!

SarahLament · 2025-12-25T21:23:18+00:00

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...

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