mat

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[–] mat@linux.community 3 points 1 month ago

NixOS is indeed probably the safest way to run an "unstable" distro. No matter what you do or mess up you can always reboot back.

[–] mat@linux.community 30 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I (maybe) ended distrohopping last year when I gave NixOS a shot. I can't recommend it for beginners but once you understand generally how things work on Linux (and have an interest in programming) it's a superpower to be able to define your entire setup as a single git repository. If something ever breaks, I can reboot into an older commit and keep using my computer, or branch off in a different direction... I've only scratched the surface of NixOS and yet I can already make a live USB containing my setup with a single command, or deploy it ("infect") to another machine and manage e.g my work desktop and my personal laptop sharing most settings. Also it taught me about Nix (the package manager, which also runs on any distro and macOS independent of NixOS) which I now use to set up perfect development environments for each of my projects... if I set up dependencies once (as a flake.nix shell), it'll work forever and anywhere.

[–] mat@linux.community 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] mat@linux.community 1 points 1 month ago

Ah I see, haven't been on "stable" distros for a long time so I wasn't affected. I've enjoyed the good support and the video stuff is definitely nice. On the AMD side, still no idea how to encode or decode anything on my Framework 16, meanwhile Intel is acing it.

[–] mat@linux.community 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hmm, I run an Arc GPU at work without any issues. Just using plain mesa on NixOS. The Intel devs were quite responsive when we ran into issues as well.

[–] mat@linux.community 3 points 1 month ago

Peeeeck.... neeeeeck!!!

[–] mat@linux.community 10 points 1 month ago

Enjoyed the article but augh that sticky banner at the top that follows as I scroll took up 30% of my reading space. Gave up halfway through to enable reader mode on Firefox mobile...

[–] mat@linux.community 2 points 2 months ago

Awesome! Maybe I can finally switch to using it, though OBS settings are quite confusing.

[–] mat@linux.community 18 points 2 months ago

omg I totally accidentally enabled this

I'd bother removing it but it's kinda funny to get an email reprimanding me when I ctrl+c out of a sudo command I mistyped, and maybe it will serve as a warning if it gets compromised :p

[–] mat@linux.community 14 points 2 months ago

Bravo la France ! Here's to hoping more cities follow suit :)

[–] mat@linux.community 7 points 2 months ago

Very cool! Added the RSS.

[–] mat@linux.community 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I actively avoid any and all US products, including food. I hope others do as well. So long as we keep origin attestations, I am not sure they will sell as much as expected.

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