β² 392 βΌ In search of a non-existent thing (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Waffelson@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Revanee@lemmy.one 47 points 2 years ago (2 children) What if the perfect distro were the configs we made along the way? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Johanno@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Only to drop them all in favor of nixos. However you mostly can translate your config into configuration.nix permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's my goal. When I tried NixOS 3 years ago I didn't had time and there was a lack of documentation to make a .nix for missing packages. Community was... something not very welcoming. I will try again during college break. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Johanno@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* Well documentation is still not great. But I can deal with it. The first step is to really understand how nix works and how nix-shell -p works. Then probably know that autoPatchelfHook exists And sth. You have to watch out for if you install sth. With a daemon or a service you need to enable it additionally to the installation. So for example for open-iscsi you need to enable the service.open-iscsi = enable so it can work. Flakes are still a nogo for me. I don't understand them and I don't want to deal with them until I get the rest into my head. permalink fedilink source parent [β] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) But like...yeah, that's kinda it IMO. None of the distros come out of the box absolutely perfect for me and my use case, but Debian is close enough, well-documented enough, and flexible enough to be configured into a "perfect distro". I haven't really had a reason to distro-hop on any of the systems I installed Debian on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I keep switching between Debian and Arch cause they're very different but both close to perfection. I think I'll stay on Arch for my gaming PC (newer drivers) and Debian on my laptop (just works). permalink fedilink source parent [β] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I need newer software versions for my work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Understood, although I have had good luck with either using the Flatpak or installing the .deb distributed by the app developer for packages where the Debian version is too old. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Shareni@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I haven't really had a reason to distro-hop on any of the systems I installed Debian on. MX has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Johanno@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Only to drop them all in favor of nixos. However you mostly can translate your config into configuration.nix permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's my goal. When I tried NixOS 3 years ago I didn't had time and there was a lack of documentation to make a .nix for missing packages. Community was... something not very welcoming. I will try again during college break. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Johanno@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* Well documentation is still not great. But I can deal with it. The first step is to really understand how nix works and how nix-shell -p works. Then probably know that autoPatchelfHook exists And sth. You have to watch out for if you install sth. With a daemon or a service you need to enable it additionally to the installation. So for example for open-iscsi you need to enable the service.open-iscsi = enable so it can work. Flakes are still a nogo for me. I don't understand them and I don't want to deal with them until I get the rest into my head. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's my goal. When I tried NixOS 3 years ago I didn't had time and there was a lack of documentation to make a .nix for missing packages. Community was... something not very welcoming. I will try again during college break. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Johanno@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* Well documentation is still not great. But I can deal with it. The first step is to really understand how nix works and how nix-shell -p works. Then probably know that autoPatchelfHook exists And sth. You have to watch out for if you install sth. With a daemon or a service you need to enable it additionally to the installation. So for example for open-iscsi you need to enable the service.open-iscsi = enable so it can work. Flakes are still a nogo for me. I don't understand them and I don't want to deal with them until I get the rest into my head. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Johanno@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* Well documentation is still not great. But I can deal with it. The first step is to really understand how nix works and how nix-shell -p works. Then probably know that autoPatchelfHook exists And sth. You have to watch out for if you install sth. With a daemon or a service you need to enable it additionally to the installation. So for example for open-iscsi you need to enable the service.open-iscsi = enable so it can work. Flakes are still a nogo for me. I don't understand them and I don't want to deal with them until I get the rest into my head. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) But like...yeah, that's kinda it IMO. None of the distros come out of the box absolutely perfect for me and my use case, but Debian is close enough, well-documented enough, and flexible enough to be configured into a "perfect distro". I haven't really had a reason to distro-hop on any of the systems I installed Debian on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I keep switching between Debian and Arch cause they're very different but both close to perfection. I think I'll stay on Arch for my gaming PC (newer drivers) and Debian on my laptop (just works). permalink fedilink source parent [β] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I need newer software versions for my work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Understood, although I have had good luck with either using the Flatpak or installing the .deb distributed by the app developer for packages where the Debian version is too old. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Shareni@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I haven't really had a reason to distro-hop on any of the systems I installed Debian on. MX has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent
[β] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I keep switching between Debian and Arch cause they're very different but both close to perfection. I think I'll stay on Arch for my gaming PC (newer drivers) and Debian on my laptop (just works). permalink fedilink source parent
[β] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I need newer software versions for my work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Understood, although I have had good luck with either using the Flatpak or installing the .deb distributed by the app developer for packages where the Debian version is too old. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago Understood, although I have had good luck with either using the Flatpak or installing the .deb distributed by the app developer for packages where the Debian version is too old. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Shareni@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I haven't really had a reason to distro-hop on any of the systems I installed Debian on. MX has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent
