A new video from Nick at The Linux Experiment. I’m also sharing the PeerTube version for the sake of trying to expand my use of PeerTube and try to expand my video platform use beyond just YouTube.

  • Veraticus@lib.lgbt
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    1 year ago

    Yeah this is unfortunately true. I love NixOS and I use it constantly but I’m also a professional developer so it’s pretty easy for me. If I weren’t I imagine it would be close to impossible.

    Unfortunately it’s very difficult to browse or understand how to use Nix, and the Nix language itself is quite opaque.

    I love the results, but I wish it were done in … basically anything other than Nix.

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      1 year ago

      Theoretically there is Gnu Guix, which uses Guile… I have no clue what support for it is like though.

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        1 year ago

        Oh interesting, I haven’t heard of it – is it also for reproducible systems?

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          1 year ago

          It’s basically the nix system but maintained by the Gnu folks. That’s about the extent of my knowledge honestly.

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        1 year ago

        Nice to see a Guix mention! It’s in flux but I appreciate it’s motivation and the hard work being done. One language, kernel agnostic, functional to the core. It’s gained some traction with the reproducible research builds crowd. It always makes me think of The Rise of Worse is Better.

    • seang96@spgrn.com
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it’s really nice when you just need a simple package or service setup. Anything not so common or needing a different version of the package can make it 100x more difficult for a regular user to do.