How can you justify the time sink that is NixOS?
>>109683216You already made this thread, but it was Mint and Arch. Spamming is against the rules.
>>109683226I edited the original because I was seething over NixOS
>>109683258It's the same shit. No excuses.Get in the van.
>>109683270I am a different Anon, nigger.
>>109683270I said no excuses. Get in.
>>109683290I'm not sucking you off.
>>109683296NO EXCUSESSSSS YOU FUCKING FROGPOSTER GET IN THE VAN AND LICK MY DICKTechnologically speaking, that is.
>>109683306use case for being a faggot?
Fantastic threads guys, really love the kind of posts I'm seeing on the board tonight.
>>109683216Simple. You remind yourself that you are learning the Nix programming language.>>109683278It's nixxer. Get it right.
>time sinkthere's so much documentation out there and LLMs that can just write you config code and teach you nix, I'm not sure how anyone can come to this conclusion if you value reproducibility and flexibility or if you write code at allnix develop and devenv rule
>>109683385This. If you are using Codex or Claude Code, NixOS is a breeze to set shit up on.Before I could agree that it was annoying to have to edit file, restart, repeat, find outdated info or useless forum posts.Now you just make the LLM trawl through that and frontier models are good enough to troubleshoot with you.
>>109683216this is possibly the most dimwitted post i've seen in weeks, if you're actually serious.the whole point of nixlang as an abstraction is you don't continue tinkering after you've already sufficiently implemented your config. after that point it's just tweaking your package list and updating. the underlying implementations shift and you passively reap the benefits. if there are problems upstream and, God forbid, something wrong, you just press arrow key down at your bootloader.it's the opposite end of the spectrum from Arch tinkertranny bullshit by definition, where you genuinely have to persistently tweak and stay on top of all the disparate systems mentally, lest you break your system in some arcane way or catch malware in the face.
>>109684352Try packaging an electron application and then come back to me
>>109684366here are your appimage-run training wheelsproblem, faggot?
>>109684381Why are you so mad
>>109683385>Documentation requiredA desktop OS should just work to the extent you don't need to know much about it, a desktop OS exists for the purpose of using software, not for the sake of using and fiddling with the OS itself
>>109683216I can't, this is why I went back to archlinux after about 4 weeks of full-time nixos.also tried guix and silverblue, this atomic shit is beyond worthless, I'm glad it's not taking off.
>>109683216That's Mint not Arch
>>109684391i stubbed my toe>>109684392>arbitrarily chosen rule no one else has ever uttered
>>109683216By reminding myself that at least some of what I'll learn will carry over to Guix.
>>109684418That's okay, I can get you some painkillers.
>>109683500>he has to pay a guide to use his OS
>>109684765What's worse is that this came up in the context of OP calling NixOS a timsink as bait. When someone's answer is "I pay an AI to learn it and use it for me," he's effectively telling you he doesn't think it's worth his time to study it and use it directly himself.
>>109684429How is the package manager on Guix?Gentoo Hurd Exist and the joke is it was released on April fools but is real. I tried to, but didn't get it working. Regular Gentoo runs fine.
this image is completely wrong. nixos and arch users don't turn off their PCs
>>109683216NixOS works completely fine with KDE Plasma.When I tried GNOME, it pulled in a load of crap I didn't want and the installer text was too small. Pantheon is nice, but felt too glitchy with disappearing UI and text.And why does it pull in Vim and xterm when I enable the X11 server? I'll just stay with the Wayland session.
>>109684429Using Guix is worlds apart from Nix, but it's mainly just the similar idea. I find the syntax of guile easier to work with, but still important for both projects to have good documentation on how to do stuff.
>>109683216>How can you justify the time sink that is NixOS?I have 2 servers, since ansible is pretty annoying to work with it was definitely worth it. Also if you have a good foundation in software dev there's nothing special about nix apart it being just another ML style language
>>109686206How do you manage your services running on those servers?
>8:45>5:05Americans can't even fantasise about work life balance
>>109684765>>109684831I and many others already use one or both tools so yes, I will spend the tiny sliver of usage to save myself the hassle. However, I have used NixOS before letting LLMs manage it for me, it is really not this thing you have to 'study' much to get going.Point still stands that there now is an easy mode switch, and it synergises great with LLMs that many people are already using.
>>109683216I never had another MOM, CANCEL ALL MY MEETINFS, PACMAN BROKE MY XORG.CONF AGAIN moment since I transitioned
>>109688897Congrats on your transition sister
