A robust way to make an install script on arch Linux.
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I love NixOS, but the documentation is terrible. Better documentation would go a long way to making it a more user-friendly platform.
Release Cosmic DE Alpha…can’t wait!
I really haven't given nix the language the time it deserves, but I really want nixosr configuration bindings in Python. Yes it makes me want to vomit but I do kind of live and breathe Python these days. Maybe a python nix generator would be more appropriate, either way it would totally destroy the benefits of using nix
Nix really isn't very difficult, the way you'd use it for a system configuration it's more like a config file than programming
It's mostly stuff like programs.firefox = { enable = true; };
I know, I need to spend some time getting familiar with nixpkgs and nixos :P the mix between config file and programming gets me because I expect a config file to have just one way of doing things.
Afaik generally there is only one way of doing most things
There are a few choices like whether you just want the package installed and left alone or installed and configured with nix
(Adding something to the systemPackages list vs using programs.firefox.enable for example)
You only really get into the really program-ey bits when you start using more advanced features, which you absolutely don't need to to achieve the same things as a normal package manager
I'm by no means an expert but feel free to ask if you need any explanations/help
Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.
Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.
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Mostly perfect in my opinion but it'd be nice if when they renamed options they didn't deprecate the old option names so old configs still worked
I'd love yearly Debian releases instead of just every 2 years.
I would love to see an ostree-based (immutable) Debian for both stable and unstable.
Aside from that, my nitpicks aren't distro-oriented.
I would make Debian and Arch be deterministic like NixOS, but with a different language and less overhead. I really like the principle but the implementation is subpar.
For Arch, you may like a project called aconfmgr.
If it wasn't written in bash... 😢
Slackware: nothing, it's perfect just the way it is.
Garuda. I wish the base install of wine actually worked, and that half the packages in chaotic-aur weren't buggy as fuck or just completely non functional.
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