β² 386 βΌ I know that it's rolling release, but 4 times this year seems a bit much (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by bali10050@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 104 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Btrfs snapshots and auto snapshots is kind of the same? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) NixOS can be managed with Git and you can bring your old environment to a new PC without reloading a full snapshot. Config and data are kept separate when you use Nix to handle the config permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Kyouki@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Not a developer myself; what benefits does that give me? I know it's repeatable on different hardware or equal across machines, but wat else would be a win to pick Nix? Immutable so its a pretty static experience? permalink fedilink source parent [β] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) For most use-cases, yes. I wouldn't want to use any distro without simple rollback anymore. This boils down to Fedora Atomic, NixOS, or btrfs + any distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Kyouki@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Agreed. Lifesaver tool many times as a average Linux nerd for about 2-3 years now. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) NixOS can be managed with Git and you can bring your old environment to a new PC without reloading a full snapshot. Config and data are kept separate when you use Nix to handle the config permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Kyouki@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Not a developer myself; what benefits does that give me? I know it's repeatable on different hardware or equal across machines, but wat else would be a win to pick Nix? Immutable so its a pretty static experience? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Kyouki@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Not a developer myself; what benefits does that give me? I know it's repeatable on different hardware or equal across machines, but wat else would be a win to pick Nix? Immutable so its a pretty static experience? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) For most use-cases, yes. I wouldn't want to use any distro without simple rollback anymore. This boils down to Fedora Atomic, NixOS, or btrfs + any distro. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Kyouki@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Agreed. Lifesaver tool many times as a average Linux nerd for about 2-3 years now. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Kyouki@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Agreed. Lifesaver tool many times as a average Linux nerd for about 2-3 years now. permalink fedilink source parent
