I use NixOS for my desktop because I hate myself you can configure everything without needing to edit a bunch of different config files that use different configuration languages.

I use Arch btw for my Minecraft server because I am crazy.

Windows 10.

I wanted customization. Windows provided customization, sure, but like in the worst way possible. Want to change the system colors or what buttons look like? Download this third party theme and apply it with bloated tools that are probably malware in disguise!

Meanwhile on Linux (NixOS), I can just change a few lines in my dotfiles and it works. Sometimes it’s inconvenient but I’m not really looking for convenience.

I use Thunderbird and I don’t think it looks old, specially after recent updates. You can also change the colors which is pretty cool.

I didn’t have to do anything to get it to work, could be an internet issue maybe?

thanks!

i call it “nofetch” because it’s not there

This commit seems to be related.

I’m so glad I don’t care about/don’t notice audio quality. I could listen to a literal microwave oven and I’d consider it a beautiful, high fidelity song.

I don’t know what Soulseek or Freyr are (I’ll look into what they are), but you can use Seal (F-Droid) to download files using yt-dlp on Android.

You can’t spy on me through my webcam

I don’t have a webcam

i just use either zip or tar+gzip. personally, i avoid rar as it’s a proprietary format.

uBlock Origin + default Firefox tracker blocker on ‘Strict’

Here’s my distrohopping journey (including non-Linux OS)

• Windows 7 →

• Windows 10 →

Mid 2021, I tried Fedora Linux in a VM and was unable to install it, but I liked it regardless.

So, a while later I decided to try this “Linux” thing on my computer.

• Linux Mint (late 2021) →

• Arco Linux (arch felt too intimidating) →

• Debian (stability = good?) →

• Debian Sid (stability = boring) →

• Artix Linux OpenRC (omg i hate systemd so much!1!!) →

• Void Linux →

• Artix Linux runit (it didn’t work) →

• Arch Linux (how do i use systemctl wtf) →

• Void Linux again (ah, ln -s /etc/sv/something /run/service/)→

• NixOS unstable (since January 2024)

Honestly, I’m just glad I found something I liked, as NixOS is perfect for tinkering.

During all that distrohopping, I “DE-hopped” even more. Currently I run SwayFX, but I’ve used Cinnamon, XFCE, Plasma, GNOME, AwesomeWM, i3, bspwm, dwm, swaywm and Hyprland.

edit 1: add Artix Linux runit

edit 2: remove NixOS stable from the list

I though only GNOME cared about having client-side decorations? Probably why any GNOME app I have has an annoying toolbar when I’m using a tiling window manager.

how is that fragmentation it’d be a front-end not a whole new software

The ‘code’ tag here does not respect newlines,

Now there’s a newline between every single line of code

I started with NixOS and now I installed something called “Lix”

Yeah I’m deep in it to return

Unfortunately, my dotfiles aren’t public

I use NixOS, and I’m confused. Why is a fork of Nix necessary? I’m out of the loop.

edit: currently looking at lix.systems and aux.computer for info.

So… should I just switch to Lix? Like are there any problems I should expect?

edit 2: i tried switching to it, but got an infinite recursion error in my flake.nix, and honestly i don’t feel like dealing with it right now.