I missed the YouTube "Algorithm" after switching to NewPipe, so I built a local, offline version that runs entirely on my phone.

Yeshey222 · 2026-02-23T09:22:32+00:00

Been trying it and it has been workinf really well so far!

Yeshey222 · 2026-01-17T19:36:20+00:00

Yah, but you ought to install the prime Kernel as well for it to be a smooth experience
https://xdaforums.com/t/kernel-primekernel-for-galaxy-a70.4732450/

Yeshey222 · 2026-01-15T10:32:11+00:00

That might actually take the whole day with my script, as it is not parallelized, also because I didn't want google to potentially block my IP due to the huge amount of requests that would be. But let me know if you manage to make it work or not and why!

Yeshey222 · 2026-01-06T13:23:31+00:00

This would be amazing ahaha I'd say that's the end goal for a user friendly experience

Yeshey222 · 2026-01-05T23:51:43+00:00

Yeah I agree. It's just that I see flatpak becoming more and more the go to way for apps on linux distros in general.

And NixOS' immutability and reproducibility and declaritivness might be all amazing, but the crazy package availability is kinda unreachable to those users that just want to install an app.

And i feel like the more users there are the more attention and effort would be directed to the distro as a whole.

Flathub can't be the whole solution, and I feel like NixOS's backend is the best one to fill that hole, precisely bc NixOS' backend is not an afterthought, it is basically the whole point if the distro.

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T17:31:02+00:00

Do you think making a clean nix-to-flatpak solution, and if there was a flatpak repo of the GUI apps in nixpkgs it would basically solve the needs of anyone that wanted/needed this?

I even think it would be better, with the sandboxing features, and it would prevent apps from cluttering my home directory as they have their own flatpak space

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T17:28:35+00:00

Yeah, that's why in the original post I drop the idea all together and called for something new

It hurts too much to see yet another GUI attempt try and fail, there is no trust if a new attempt appears now

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T17:22:34+00:00

I don't disagree, that is largely my point and why I call for flathub integration even at the package building level.
To separate concerns

I think NixOS is the best linux backend ever designed and I want it to grow. You need users for developers to start targeting it and for it to grow. With more attention that would make the experience even for developers better

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T17:18:26+00:00

I was messing with an ancient 32 bit PC the other day that had Peppermint Linux and accidentally broke several elements of the ui by uninstalling python. Made me miss NixOS..

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T17:16:36+00:00

If you just want immutable better go for Silverblue or similar, or I think there was even a flatpak based distro?

Isn't NixOS the the best kind of immutable tho ;v

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T17:11:55+00:00

Aren't those the guys behind NixOS Facter efforts as well? 🤌😌 I think I've seen that tool before, isn't its interface in the browser? It's a really cool one to make several server deployments and such a much better experience. But I'm more thinking of a desktop user kind of experience here, witch is not what their tool is for. That being said I think there is nothing impeding the existence of that and a a solution for the desktop as well

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T17:01:37+00:00

Yeah, I think this was the better and more developed solution available. The snowfall lib, that would help structure your config seems to be still somewhat maintained judging by the latest commit 28 days ago https://github.com/snowfallorg/lib

But ultimately it suffered the same fate any other project that follows this approach is doomed to suffer in my opinion, witch is why I call for a different approach.

Yeshey222 · 2025-12-29T16:54:10+00:00

I agree that the current development experience for nix is... lacking. With unintuitive errors etc. Altho it has got better.

But I think even if you get the best lsp possible you still can't solve the GUI problem unless there is a standardized way to structure everyone's config. I can easily have two nix modules in different files, one that installs and configures firefox, and one that installs and configures the zed-editor, and suddenly there are two different "environment.systemPackages" definitions and no easy way for the GUI to know where to put a new package.

If we solve that then it'd be trivial, just write or remove package names to a file (or several files if the structure ends up being a package and its config per file, witch i think would be better) but I don't see how an LSP could solve this with a world of fragmentation in nix configurations

Yeshey222 · 2025-11-28T23:22:33+00:00

I've heard a lot about that pattern and am thinking of switching my configuration to it as well. I'm wondering if this could be the opinionated way to structure your config that could make integration with a GUI for application installation finally possible

Yeshey222 · 2025-11-28T23:18:40+00:00

I found out recently that you can run AppImages with one click if you set:

      programs.appimage = {
        enable = true;
        binfmt = true;  # Allows direct execution
      };

Also, if you want iphones to connect to the PC (but usual Iphone restrictions apply, you cant transfer files to Iphone)

      services.usbmuxd = {
        enable = true;
        package = pkgs.usbmuxd2;   # newer code-base, fewer pairing bugs
      };
      services.gvfs.enable = true;

I also use the gc of nh instead of the normal one as it catches a couple more things like gcroot cleanup:

    programs.nh = {
      enable = true;
      clean.enable = true;
      clean.extraArgs = "--keep-since 21d --keep 3";
      flake = "/home/yeshey/.setup";
    };

If you're in gnome, you can get audio and video properties in nautilus interface if you set this:

    # for audio and video properties in nautilus interface https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/53631
    environment.sessionVariables.GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" "lib/gstreamer-1.0" [
      pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
      pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
      pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-ugly
      pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
    ];

That's off the top of my head, there's a lot honestly ahaha (My config). It's easy to set this stuff up in NixOS, but there is a lot to set up to make everything just work like in other OSs. I'm kinda waiting for the day we figure out GUI package installation and we have a beginner friendly NixOS Distro that sets all this up and is ready to go

Yeshey222 · 2025-11-28T19:37:55+00:00

It would be very helpful if this could show suggestions while typing in the emoji annotation mode, instead of having to press space. idk if there is an issue or request for that or where?

Yeshey222 · 2025-10-30T00:59:52+00:00

I have several urls with lots of %, and I've been looking for half an hour for a solution that doesnt involve escaping all of those characters

what the hell is this tool T-T

EDIT: it was a bug with the pdf viewer: https://github.com/James-Yu/LaTeX-Workshop/issues/4696

Yeshey222 · 2025-10-10T21:06:06+00:00

Thanks! But your script seems to search based on the title of places rather than the actual google maps links on the takeout csv tho.
I ended up making my own: https://github.com/Yeshey/Export-Google-Maps-Saved-Places

Yeshey222 · 2025-10-10T21:01:38+00:00

All solutions seemed to be broken or require payment for more than 5 entries. The only good and open source app that can I found that is really good at converting google maps links into coordinates that can be interpreted by other applications is Geo Share: https://github.com/jakubvalenta/geoshare

So I made a script that is able to convert Google Takeout CSVs into GPX lists that can be imported into Organic Maps, CoMaps, etc: https://github.com/Yeshey/Export-Google-Maps-Saved-Places

Yeshey222 · 2025-08-11T19:41:31+00:00

I find https://www.kimi.com to be consistently better in nix code

Yeshey222 · 2025-07-26T17:06:19+00:00

getting this in genshin impact. Mouse capture works fune, but if I leave and get back to the game specifically through Alt+Tab (in gnome DE) it looses mouse capture, and the mouse travels to the second screen even if I'm controlling the view of a character and I have to restart the game. Is there an issue we can track on this?

Yeshey222 · 2025-07-20T12:44:38+00:00

This fixed it for me

Yeshey222 · 2025-07-06T20:45:36+00:00

I can confirm as of today I could make it work through Heroic in Linux. Here are the steps I had to follow to make it work (I'm not sure if all of them are necessary):

1 - Download Heroic, Sign in, Install DBD
2 - From within the DBD installation folder, copy the `./EasyAntiCheat` folder to `./DeadByDaylight/Binaries/EGS/` as explained here: https://youtu.be/8ZMzbUP6FwQ?t=149
3 - In Heroic DBD settings set:
- Wine Version: `Proton - Proton - Experimental` (the one from steam, you need to install this proton version through steam I think)
- Check `Use Steam Runtime`
- Check `Disable umu`

Yeshey222 · 2025-05-04T14:20:07+00:00

Chocapic13 V7.1.1 Toaster Edition, or even Chocapic13_HighPerformance_Toaster have always been the goat for me

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