How often do you hop distros? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by fiddlestix@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Just curious to see what people are up to. I've been using Nixos for a while. It's fabulous and I have absolutely no reason to switch, but part of me is itching to hop to Debian or maybe OpenSUSE. How about you?

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[-] gamma@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

I did about once a year until 2018 when I settled on Arch.

But now I've got a server on NixOS and loving it, so I might be switching my laptop soon.

[-] adept@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

I use NixOs btw Its awesome. Having a stable system config with home-mangere for the user env is pretty nice to just play around with the security of always being able to switch back to a working generation (some exceptions may apply).

I was messing with the hardware config (which has a warning not to mess with it if you dont know what you are doing) and corrupted my drives.

I got my previous system back from a clean install in 30 minutes.

[-] philm@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, it certainly invites you to tinker and experiment with the system without having to fear a broken state. I got multiple forks for different applications (e.g. helix-editor with a few merged PRs), and configured the system in a detail not comparable to any previous distros I was on. Really like how I can e.g. carelessly switch between different desktop environments (without VM)...

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