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Ok, I think I'll give up trying to wrap my head around #nixos. I still think it's an great idea to have a fully declarative OS where you set up everything in code. However, the non-default file structure make it hard to run software that assumes a POSIX filesystem. Also I never really got a proper grasp of the Nix language and documentation is sparse.

So, I'm ready to try something new. Currently #Fedora Sericea, Fedora Silverblue, #OpenSUSE MicroOS or #EndlessOS are on my distrohopping candidates list as I want to try what the immutable OS buzz is all about....

Any suggestions where to start?

#OpenSuSE #Fedora #nixos #EndlessOS
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Fedora Project (F40 is OUT)
Fedora Project (F40 is OUT)
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we have suggestions, but we're biased :)
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Fedora Project (F40 is OUT)
Fedora Project (F40 is OUT)
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Sericea is just the immutable Sway spin. Installation may be different than with the regular Sway spin and after that you may deal with the differences that are innate to a distro using rpm-ostree. But otherwise it's the same as using the Fedora Sway spin.
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Bojack Horseman 🗿
Bojack Horseman 🗿
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opensuse aeon with gnome is currently in beta stage but works pretty good
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Bojack Horseman 🗿
Bojack Horseman 🗿
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btw there is a Kalpa also, with KDE on board but it's in alpha stage
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Morgan McMillian
Morgan McMillian
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I think taking Fedora Silverblue or Sericea is an excellent choice to take for a spin. I've been running the KDE flavor called Kinoite and found it solid. I did however find myself running a lot of stuff out of distrobox to fill in some gaps.
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Emil "AngryAnt" Johansen
Emil "AngryAnt" Johansen
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Silverblue and Kionite are quite nice. It's what I install for friends.
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Beni Grind ~HB9HNT
Beni Grind ~HB9HNT
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@C.B.Leslie I have NixOS running and the system configuration flake mostly written. However, after half a year I'm starting to think I just don't have the intelligence or determination to learn and grasp Nix. My TODO list is just too long for more NixOS - for now....
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Beni Grind ~HB9HNT
Beni Grind ~HB9HNT
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@C.B.Leslie I guess I'm just not ready for a OS that requires me to have a mental model of the OS. Basically what I'm after is a OS where I'm able to describe the OS declaratively using code.
@C.B.Leslie
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C.B.Leslie
C.B.Leslie
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well nixos is that. But you need to understand the technical differences. For example, how the store works.

NixOS is actually pretty un-complex.
https://nixos.org/guides/how-nix-works#:~:text=How%20NixOS%20works%3F&text=By%20building%20entire%20system%20configurations,%2Fusr%2C%20and%20so%20on.

Then I would take some time as to learn how basic derivation are made, and imported.


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Beni Grind ~HB9HNT
Beni Grind ~HB9HNT
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@C.B.Leslie as I said, I don't think the problem is NixOS. I'm sure it's me, but if I spent half a year with a OS and language, read most of the doku available online, wrote some simple derivations and still don't feel like I understand how it works, it's not for me. I might eventually come back and try again. For now I don't have the dedication to continue learning Nix. I'm not even at the point where I how the canonical way to manage secrets works.
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