0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoArch and Gentoo users reading about NixOSsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1496file-text
arrow-up1496imageArch and Gentoo users reading about NixOSsh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremojo_raisin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up102·1 year agoNixOS sounds like a way to avoid learning Linux by learning an abstraction.
minus-squareitslilithlinkfedilinkarrow-up80·1 year agothat’s why I only use my computer with raw system calls, shell is bloat
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·1 year agoYou guys use an OS? I just push the electrons around my motherboard manually with a little magnet on a toothpick.
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThat’s why I used to use arch btw
minus-squareLaser@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI’d personally advise against NixOS as a first distribution for that matter. It’s a great distribution, but if you want to understand the underlying mechanics, start with something where you interact with them, like Arch or whatever.
minus-squaremojo_raisin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYa, sucks when Tailwind goes out of style and now have to learn CSS again.
minus-squarecountessssmeltdown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoit’s an abstraction yeah but understanding what exactly it is abstracting and how is where you’ll get snags, it’s definitely not a newbie distro.
NixOS sounds like a way to avoid learning Linux by learning an abstraction.
that’s why I only use my computer with raw system calls, shell is bloat
You guys use an OS? I just push the electrons around my motherboard manually with a little magnet on a toothpick.
That’s why I used to use arch btw
I’d personally advise against NixOS as a first distribution for that matter. It’s a great distribution, but if you want to understand the underlying mechanics, start with something where you interact with them, like Arch or whatever.
Nix is to Linux what Tailwind is to CSS
Ya, sucks when Tailwind goes out of style and now have to learn CSS again.
it’s an abstraction yeah but understanding what exactly it is abstracting and how is where you’ll get snags, it’s definitely not a newbie distro.