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Damarus@feddit.org 3 weeks agoLFS is for memes. I guess Nix is a level up from Arch.
Comment on Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update improves and breaks dark mode
Damarus@feddit.org 3 weeks agoLFS is for memes. I guess Nix is a level up from Arch.
merci3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hmm, I personally place Nix at the same level as Arch, because I see both distros being hard to get into because of how different they do stuff when compared to the average OS.
Maybe the real level up is trying to run BSD on unsupported hardware?
Laser@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Arch is easier in my opinion, at least if you want to leverage the power NixOS can offer. A simple
/etc/nixos/configuration.nixmaybe not, but once you enter custom options / submodule territory and use stuff likelib.mapAttrs, I’d say NixOS is quite harder. Or just a more complexoverrideAttrs. But then again, Arch doesn’t have an equivalent to that…victorz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I didn’t need to learn a programming language to install Arch btw. I’d definitely agree Nix is an unnecessary complication for very little gain for the average user.
Laser@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Well, you don’t need to learn nix as a programming language for a simple installation, you can use it like a slightly different job, which the
configuration.nixpart was about. You can get the reproducibility aspect from just that, so I wouldn’t say you get no benefits at all without learning the language.There are more disadvantages (like time required to rebuild because you added a single package), so Arch is the better choice depending on preferences. Arch is a very good traditional distribution in my opinion, can’t go wrong with it
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The real level up is bare-metal Emacs.
Shame this OS does not come with a solid text editor.
merci3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Text editors are bloat, I only use punch cards
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Let’s skip all intermediate quotes and directly jump to the xkcd reference: I only program with butterflies. Of course, there is an Emacs command for that: good ol’ C-x M-c M-butterfly