Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 9 hours agoGuys, what's the best Linux distro to install on my PC?europe.pubimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarevarnia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 hours agoIsn’t is NixOS, btw now?
minus-squareFirst_Thunder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 hours agoDon’t install NixOS. Seriously. It is insanity
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 hours agoDon’t install NixOS because it’s got Anduril and Palantir all over it.
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoWhat does “all over it” mean in this context?
minus-squarejackr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoBig users, contributors, and sponsors. Sponsored Nixcon. The nix organisation seems to have no problem with this.
minus-squaredjsaskdja@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 hours agoI’d be willing to argue that running anything OTHER than NixOS is insanity. Except maybe Debian. Everyone loves Debian.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 hours agoIs it? Haven’t met any very forthcoming NixOS users yet, but time will tell.
minus-squaremech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 hours agoTheir recommendation usually starts with a disclaimer, and ends with “But it’s worth it, cause you can easily clone your machine”. For me, one look at https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#ch-configuration and https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options is enough to know it’s way too much hassle for me. I’ll stick with Slackware.
Isn’t is NixOS, btw now?
Don’t install NixOS. Seriously. It is insanity
Don’t install NixOS because it’s got Anduril and Palantir all over it.
What does “all over it” mean in this context?
Big users, contributors, and sponsors. Sponsored Nixcon. The nix organisation seems to have no problem with this.
I’d be willing to argue that running anything OTHER than NixOS is insanity. Except maybe Debian. Everyone loves Debian.
Is it? Haven’t met any very forthcoming NixOS users yet, but time will tell.
Their recommendation usually starts with a disclaimer, and ends with “But it’s worth it, cause you can easily clone your machine”.
For me, one look at https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#ch-configuration and https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options is enough to know it’s way too much hassle for me. I’ll stick with Slackware.