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cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/8439640

Yeah I installed that one you're thinking of.

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[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 18 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Someone using Arch, by the way, in 3... 2... 1...

[–] atropa@piefed.social 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Don’t install NixOS. Seriously. It is insanity

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 2 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] mech@feddit.org 5 points 10 hours 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.