▲ 13 ▼ Any post-set-up benefits of distributions? (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago* by Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net to c/libre@hexbear.net 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments Are there any distributions that offer benefits post-installation? I am aware of Arch (and some other relevant distributions) having access to the AUR, and would like to know if other distributions can offer anything other than a quicker set-up.
[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net [S] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) You have sold me on at least trying NixOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You should watch vimjoyers series on NixOS as an introduction since he goes over a lot of the essential basics that may trip newcomers up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net [S] 2 points 2 years ago Already started, actually. Also, considering that I don't want to manually re-partition a partition that I have already prepared for Linux on one of my drives, I think I will actually be starting with NixOS. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago Yeah me too. Was about to dual boot install ParrotOS on my extra drive alongside Arch, but I have heard so many good things about Nix before this. Sorry for wanting to read all your post OP. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You should watch vimjoyers series on NixOS as an introduction since he goes over a lot of the essential basics that may trip newcomers up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net [S] 2 points 2 years ago Already started, actually. Also, considering that I don't want to manually re-partition a partition that I have already prepared for Linux on one of my drives, I think I will actually be starting with NixOS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net [S] 2 points 2 years ago Already started, actually. Also, considering that I don't want to manually re-partition a partition that I have already prepared for Linux on one of my drives, I think I will actually be starting with NixOS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago Yeah me too. Was about to dual boot install ParrotOS on my extra drive alongside Arch, but I have heard so many good things about Nix before this. Sorry for wanting to read all your post OP. permalink fedilink source parent