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Is this really a common occurrence for you, that the package isn't available via apt?
On Debian it is. The stable branch is a pain. I need to switch to something else.
Ah, understandable.
May I talk to you about our lord and savio, NixOS? (Only kinda /s)
I'm open to conversion!
Nice!
How much do you know of nix? (Just gauging where I should start in my propaganda script :D)
Nothing, besides seeing the name on some memes.
I'm not a sysadmin and I want a computer that just works, to the extent that that's possible. I'll fix stuff that needs fixing, but ideally I don't need to do much. I'm not a customizer, so themes and rice and stuff go over my head. I don't have any real ideological bent - FOSS is lovely but if I need proprietary to get my ultrawide monitor working or whatever, I'll use it.
I like the KDE I'm using now (though I understand I'm a major version behind!) but am not afraid to try something else. I play games with Steam and Lutris, most of which work some of the time.
Well, NixOS is mostly for enthusiasts and it's very much the opposite of beginner friendly.
The idea is that you configure your system in a configuration file, then run a command that makes your system match exactly what you configured.
So instead of
apt installor similar you just add the package to your config, run a single command to rebuild the system and you're done.Which also means you're mostly on your own, most guides for other distros don't work and the documentation on how to do the things in NixOS are very incomplete. It's nice and fun, but definitely not for an average user.