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3d ago

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hanke @feddit.nu 3d ago

Streamlining the game, I like it!
Could mean great savings for team owners. Now they only have to pay one player.

3d ago

Immich: FUTO — 2 years later

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hanke @feddit.nu 3d ago

According to Blue Systems employee Aurélien Gâteau, "Blue Systems does not have a business model, at least for now".

Nice

3d ago

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hanke @feddit.nu 3d ago

You're supposed to defend the ball by using your athleticism to fend off your opponents, not by using medieval battlefield tactics to force a siege.

Games evolve over time. Get with it or get behind.

5d ago

Photos of buildings + sky (multiple images) [OC]

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hanke @feddit.nu 5d ago

I took some similar shots a year ago :)

1w ago

Dutch government blocks sale of DigiD owner to US tech giant

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hanke @feddit.nu 1w ago

Does it work well?

Genuinely wondering.

Do the dutch people think it works well?

1w ago

Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado

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hanke @feddit.nu 1w ago

Digital signatures might be required to prove your age. Then spoofing won't do the trick.

I hope I'm wrong though.

2w ago

I have been logged out of my toothbrush

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hanke @feddit.nu 2w ago

Yeah, this is kind of on you.

If you spend your money on a "smart" toothbrush, expect it to do "smart" stuff.

2w ago

Uruky - Private search you control

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hanke @feddit.nu 2w ago

That 12 month source statement is real funky

2w ago

other immutable gaming distros?

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hanke @feddit.nu 2w ago

Yeah, same to you!

I don't like having to configure every detail of my computing experience. I like to be able to do so though. And that's part of what makes me love NixOS. Most things can be enabled with a service.<whatever>.enable = true and it is installed and set up with very sane defaults. Essentially what other maintainers do, only that you had to decide you wanted that service to begin with.

And for boring stuff like networking or whatever, I haven't made many desicions my self. That just came with the default config from my base install. I brought them with me as I evolved it, and as long as I don't need anything else, I won't be changing it either.

But yeah, I very much understand why someone would not want to use NixOS. It is great for those who like it and hell for those who just wants a set and forget system :)

2w ago

other immutable gaming distros?

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hanke @feddit.nu 2w ago

Yeah, you have to define this stuff somewhere. But changing from one to another is simple.

This is my audio setup right now:

    
  services.pulseaudio.enable = false;
  services.pipewire = {
    enable = true;
    alsa.enable = true;
    alsa.support32Bit = true;
    pulse.enable = true;
  };

I will just keep rolling this until it constrains me somehow and then I will revisit it and improve it to fit my needs.

If you like NixOS, this is not a big burden really. Otherwise you are probably better off with some other dist, as you mentioned.

I don't see it as a big tradeoff, but that's because I like this way of doing things.

2w ago

other immutable gaming distros?

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hanke @feddit.nu 2w ago

Yeah, it took me a good while to be comfortable. And I am still more or less a noob.

I'd say I don't fully understand the syntax properly, but I get around. The docs are great if you haven't checked them.

I have also been spitballing with AI to get input on how to attack new problems in there and I find that really helpful. If you are strongly anti-ai there are some good community chats on Discord, Matrix and elsewhere where people have been really kind and helpful as well.

My recommendation is:

Start a new system using a single flake
Add what you need, when you need it
When it starts feeling unmaintainable, take a step back, stop adding new stuff and figure out how you can refactor your system so that you are back in control

You have to think it is fun for it to be worth it really, but you seem sold on the concept, so I think you'll get there!

3w ago

other immutable gaming distros?

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hanke @feddit.nu 3w ago

I game on NixOS, ask me anything and I'll do my best to answer :)

To answer if NixOS is immutable, kind of yes if you want it to be immutable.

It can really be whatever you want it to be. If you:

Use flakes and
Keep your config in Git

Your system is pinned and reproducible.

Applying the same config on any other system would result in the exact same setup. All around.

When you want to update, you update the inputs to your flake, rebuild your system and switch into the new build.

If everything is good, you commit the updated flake file and any other system can pull it to update to the exact same config state.

It is magic and cool!

Also, if you want, it can be the complete opposite.

You can switch from the stable channels (new releases bi-annually) to the unstable channel (rolling release) and configure auto-updates.

Now you have a bleeding edge system that updates daily.

It is so cool.

I get that there is a lot of terms and stuff that is unclear, but it'll all clear up once you get into it :)

But yeah, it is a OS that revolves around config files and kind of "coding" your own system.

If that sounds like fun to you (I love it) give it a try! If that sounds daunting, maybe stick with Bazzite, CachyOS or something easy to use. NixOS is easy to work with once you get it, but so is rocket science I guess.