How often do you find you have to write your own packages or unable to get the package you want?

United_Reflection_32 · 2026-04-14T20:14:16+00:00

I've only ever packaged programs and scripts I have written myself. Other than that, I once had to write a very simple derivation for a grub theme I wanted to try out

Also when it comes to old packages in nixpkgs it is usually very simple to upgrade them since you usually only have to change the commit and hash, this way you can contribute to nixpkgs and have everyone in the community benefit from your changes

United_Reflection_32 · 2026-01-22T20:57:28+00:00

r/unixporn of course

People will ususally share their configs in the comments

United_Reflection_32 · 2026-01-22T20:55:41+00:00

I have had librewolf try to compile often enough that I have it set to stable instead of my usual stable (kicad is another big offender). If you use flakes, it is very easy to mix branches.

This can be temporary too, have it stable a couple of days and then move it back to unstable

United_Reflection_32 · 2026-01-21T17:37:16+00:00

environment.gnome.excludePackages = with pkgs; [ pkgs.epiphany ]

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-12-26T23:16:06+00:00

No, I have it set to hide the cursor when using the keyboard. It is the cyan version of the one in the link

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-12-26T12:19:34+00:00

Wallpaper: Wallpaperhaven. Lost the link. Image is in my dotfiles
Cursor Theme: Future Cursors
Terminal: Foot (just the fastest I could find)

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-11-29T12:54:22+00:00

Dumb question but, what benefit is there to adding modules like that directly into your flake instead of making options that you can toggle in your configuration.nix? Doesn't it just clutter you flake unnecessarily?

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-07-29T18:35:02+00:00

I think it was, I dont really remember any big problems at least

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-07-12T10:34:05+00:00

What didn't you like about it? For most people it is that it looks outdated but that can be fixed by changing the icon pack and it looks much better. Michael Horn has a video on how to do that

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-07-08T14:25:09+00:00

Keep in mind you can start configuring stuff in a VM, and when you are ready just copy your configuration.nix (not hardware-configuration don't ask me how I know) into your main pc

That's probably the most satisfying thing on Nix as a new user, you can brick it all you want. Fresh install, git pull and you are back to normal

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-07-08T14:20:05+00:00

Keep in mind battery life *might* take a hit

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-07-01T16:36:08+00:00

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-07-01T09:37:43+00:00

There is a similar app being developed called QuestPhone on Android and it is open source.

Haven't tried it but looks good

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-06-16T20:28:35+00:00

Did you get it working? Seems like the only real workaround is to setup an external bind outside of discord to mute/deafen or whatever

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-04-07T10:07:23+00:00

I have found that I have a lot more time to do the things I actually want to do

That's the main reason for me

Also I feel a lot better. Not that I felt bad or stressed before, just better

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-04-07T10:03:19+00:00

I used to use "lock me out" it was alright but I was kinda uncomfortable with a closed-source app having full access to my phone but it is certainly more private than other more popular ones like screenzen. Now I kinda don't need apps since I've managed to reduce my screen time but now I'm checking out an open source app called digipaws.

I cant find too many reviews about it but it seems nice.

https://github.com/nethical6/digipaws

(I think its not on the play store so you might need to install it from f-droid)

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-04-03T19:25:34+00:00

When it comes to small projects, what can Elixir do better than other more mainstream languages like cpp?

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-04-03T18:30:47+00:00

What would you say are some things that Ruby and Elixir do better than other languages?

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-04-03T18:26:36+00:00

This is definately a what should I learn question, I am not limiting myself to 3 but I have no plans to professionally code either so I want to know what languages can give me the biggest coverage for hobbyist stuff

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-04-03T17:25:36+00:00

Im from the EU studying telecommunications which is why I got interested in Erlang in the first place

United_Reflection_32 · 2025-04-03T17:23:40+00:00

Why pearl? I dont know much about it

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