How have you automated configuring your machines in terms of packages and dotfiles so it works cross-distro? (lemmy.ml)

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I'm looking for interesting tools to automate managing packaging and configuring everything automated.

And yeah I know about NixOS but I like to distro hop and experiment so I for now know these:

Ansible - automating many machines, using different package names as vars and package managers.
Bash - the most native and compatible scripting language that can be.
Chezmoi - for dotfiles.

For now that's it. I'm looking forward for your suggestions!

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

One thing I like to have with me is the AppImage version of programs when possible, since they usually work out of the box. Also helps ensuring I don't depend on the availability of whatever package manager the system uses.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I’ve become a Flatpak fan for a similar reason.

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