r/NixOS • u/AuriannaKomorowski • 2d ago
Day 1 in NixOs.
I went used the minimal ISO to check it out for the first time after about 2 months of Linux with only arch as my experience
so far I just fell in love!
Nothing special yet, just set up my drive encryption, auto login and basic Sway / waybar config and a few basic things I needed.
But I just love this way of editing my system!
10/10, Thinkpad stays NixOS!
will install it on the internal soon instead of just on a 120gb external ssd.
Have a great day ! ❤️
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u/laczek_hubert 2d ago
After using arch for sometime same thoughts. Although I'd recommend having the unstable branch when it comes to Linux drivers helps on Nvidia
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u/AuriannaKomorowski 2d ago
I mainly chose stable for now in the hope that it eliminates one error source for me to consider while beeing new. Not sure if that was logical, but I dont run nvidia cards either on my laptop nor my pc.
but thanks for the tip ! :)
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u/laczek_hubert 2d ago
I genuinely needed to change the Linux kernel version from the newest to older because the maintainers couldn't patch it fast enough on stable so I just opted onto unstable but I have a mixed system as I use both the unstable and 26.05 versions of software
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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 2d ago
I started on stable, got my setup to a point where I was happy, and then switched to unstable. I have to say I really do love unstable and the constant updates is something I actually look forward to.
Two questions/tips. Have you backed up your config with git? And have you set your maximum generations fit your bootloaders?
Both can bite you in the butt if you don’t set them up ahead of time.
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u/AuriannaKomorowski 2d ago
i have not backed up my config in git, ngl i never used git before really but I will look into it thanks !
and I havnt set max generations on purpose yet, but I am keeping an eye on the space it takes up :) thanks for the reminder to so so after this rebuild!!!
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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 2d ago
I built a tool to help manage NixOS generations, and see the space they take up. You can run it, without installing it, straight from my repo:
nix run --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" github:DanielTallon/nix-packages#boot-gardener
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u/_western_guy_ 2d ago
I 've used NixOS for 5 days then I switched back to Arch
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u/AuriannaKomorowski 2d ago
Well thats the beauty of linux, we can all chose the flavour that we like! And then spice things up even more depending on the distro.
I really enjoyed arch, but something about the way of configuring NixOS just makes me happy.
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u/_western_guy_ 2d ago
It's a great distro, it's a unique distro, it's an interesting distro, but it's not for me, it lacks good documentation and it's so hard to learn, it's good if you have specific purposes, not if you exploring and trying new things every day
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u/drprofsgtmrj 2d ago
We are on this journey together!!! I just got done recording a video of me setting things up
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u/FaliedSalve 2d ago
Glad you like it. but honest question: what made it special above/beyond other distros?
I put it on a VM and it seems good. But I can't see a reason to switch from Debian. But then. maybe I'm missing something?
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u/MuffinGamez 2d ago
Easy rollbacks that are integrated with the system/pkg manager instead of something like timeshift, declarivate by nature so you won't forget anything you did or installed, 100% safe updated due to rollbacks, strong eco system and reproducible with 0 effort
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u/AuriannaKomorowski 2d ago
i am experimenting around alot atm with configs and differnt packages I want.
having the capability to just roll something back by switching to a prior build feels incredible safe ( for my inevitable fuckups to matter less )
apart from that I just enjoy the declrarative approach nixos has.
and with proper time and efford I hope that ill come to a point where I can just move my specific build from system to system and just build it there and be happy after minor hardware specific tweaks!
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u/planelover_nipper 2d ago
I'm kinda dumb how do you remove what pops up at the top of the window in sway?
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u/AuriannaKomorowski 2d ago
if I understand correctly what you mean, its the sway titlebars.
i think it had to do with the borders beeing set
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u/AuriannaKomorowski 2d ago
sorry, why would I want that ? looking at it, im not sure what it provide for me ? im using kitty as my terminal and I auto login into sway.
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u/Spatula0fDoom 2d ago
Terminal and shell are different things
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u/AuriannaKomorowski 2d ago
they are, im sorry. as said Im new to linux.
I just dont understand why bash is bad ? and why fish is better ?
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u/Spatula0fDoom 2d ago
Well I’m not the original person that wrote about fish, I’ve just pointed out the difference.
There is no good or bad shell, each has its pros and cons. Since you are new to linux, use whatever you are using and you’ll figure out whether you are missing something or plain bash is enough for you.
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u/Eselk19 2d ago
Good luck bro