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Guys, what's the best Linux distro to install on my PC? (europe.pub)

submitted 7 months ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Yeah I installed that one you're thinking of.

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[–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn't is NixOS, btw now?

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[–] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Don’t install NixOS. Seriously. It is insanity

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Don’t install NixOS because it’s got Anduril and Palantir all over it.

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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

What does "all over it" mean in this context?

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[–] jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago

Big users, contributors, and sponsors. Sponsored Nixcon. The nix organisation seems to have no problem with this.

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[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

I’d be willing to argue that running anything OTHER than NixOS is insanity. Except maybe Debian. Everyone loves Debian.

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

They’ve played us for absolute fools

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[–] nil@piefed.ca 2 points 7 months ago

It's a cult that haunts you even after you quit it

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[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

Is it? Haven't met any very forthcoming NixOS users yet, but time will tell.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 5 points 7 months ago

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.

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