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    Spend time setting up Hyprland just for an update to break your config and now you have to troubleshoot before you can be productive (lemmy.world)
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    [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    This is precisely why I use NixOS. I have almost my entire configuration as "code" (data structures more like, but what's the difference any way?), such that when I break something, I can just undo my commits and go back to a working version (and the OS itself retrains several snapshots, so I can always pick the previous one.

    And with LLMs the bar to do things, with my nix configuration (nixcfg), has lowered to the ground. Throw in a few videos from Vimjoyer and you got a stew going.

    [–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    Urge to distro hop again…rising…

    [–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

    I've hopped from HoloISO to Nobora and EndeavourOS to OpenSUSE. Landed on NixOS on all my machines now and it's perfect. There's a bit of a learning curve even compared to other distros but once it clicks, you wonder why you weren't using it earlier.

    [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

    To get started: Install NixOS, grab your /etc/nix/configuration.nix, and /etc/nix/hardware-configuration.nix (from the top of my head) and throw them in a git repo. nix-shell -p <application> if you quickly need a shell with a specific (temporary) program, like git (just for bootstrapping; add git to the configuration.nix if you wish to keep it.

    Start with that, and slowly keep adding programs, configuration. If you eventually wish to add a second computer to the one configuration (so you can start reusing configuration), do that. Keep steps small.

    Here you can dig through each step I take in my nixcfg - I started with just the configuration.nix, and share that between machines, but it turns out you're supposed to add the hardware-conguration.nix to the repo as well, so then I started to do that (with still a shared configuration.nix. Well, partially:

    https://github.com/NostraDavid/nixcfg/commits/master/?after=78d40edc8b756088a73fd087808d438eabbcf06f+401

    Read nixstory.md if you want to see a quick LLM-generated history of how my repo changed over time (based on my git history).

    [–] Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

    So it's kinda like klipper/mainsail but for an operating system?

    [–] Lupus108@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    There's the German saying, that the shoemaker always has the worst shoes.

    [–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

    In America we say "never buy a mechanic's car."

    [–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 13 points 7 hours ago

    Is Spain we say that the blacksmith uses wooden spoons.

    [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    This is why you keep 2 computers. One that is dull and as stock as you can. And then you have that beater box to get stupid with. Drive the sum biotch right into that kernal panic at 100mph just for fun.

    So therapeutic some days......

    [–] amgine@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    Mac and a half a dozen server homelab. Plex was a homelab test that’s now “prod” (family won’t let me shut it off) so it’s in the prod environment outside of my homelab

    [–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

    My Mac is supposed to be the safe box too. I keep having to talk myself down from installing Asahi.

    [–] fatcat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 hours ago

    You and me both.

    [–] amgine@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

    Haha I have an older m1 I’m about to put asahi on. Going to use it for small models

    [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    A good excuse to get another cheap box to crash and burn!

    [–] amgine@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

    Any excuse to hoard more hardware these days

    [–] littleomid@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

    Just use i3.

    [–] enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    my linux honeymoon has far gone. nowadays I just use fedora gnome and actually work on something that makes money.

    [–] marzhall@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    This really is the journey, isn't it?

    [–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

    Tinkering is fun when your actual goal is to tinker.

    But when your goal is to get work done then the machine is just a tool, and there is nothing more frustrating than a broken tool.

    [–] chrislowles@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago

    I'm still tinkering but insofar to keep myself from doing anything else with my computer, I got shit to do.

    [–] kamen@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

    And by "be productive" you mean looking at cat pictures, right?

    [–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

    At least for me, Linux people are never content with their system.

    There's always something new to try...

    [–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago

    That's the fun of Linux : you can customize your experience instead of having to put up with Microsoft or Apple.

    You choose a distribution that fits your preferences.

    [–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (2 children)
    • We tried setting up hyprland with Arch
    • Used an older guide, updated and translated it to the newest standard, learning about the unique scripting
    • Get almost everything working
    • Actually loved the feel of the ui and did get used to using terminal for almost everything
    • Things started falling apart
    • Steam started fucking up, everything was going horrible.
    • joined the support discord, found problem doing good over more :)
    • Update? Oo oki!
    • Hyprland: hmm nice fully custom set up you have here, would be a shame if someone were to change all the ui script you literally just learned :)
    • :(
    • Back on KDE + Cachy OS as we didn’t want to fight with our computer anymore, it’s good, great even, but… missing the window management of Hyprland now.
    • Don’t get us wrong, we’re very happy with KDE! It’s just… that window management 🥺
    • if only we could get that in KDE
    [–] andicraft@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

    I like Niri a lot. Plus the maintainer isn't an asshole.

    [–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    Haven’t heard of Niri, what’s that one all about?

    [–] andicraft@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

    It's a column-based tiling window manager, with scrolling!

    [–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 8 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

    That's why sway and river exist. They're actually stable.

    [–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    Haven’t heard of them before tbh, from the replies Sway not be super stable. And river?

    [–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

    I have my (edit: RIVER) config for over a year and it's very reliable. It never broke on me apart from the misconfigurations which were my fault.

    It also integrates well with Waybar and is compatible with other Wayland tools for wlroots.

    But keep in mind that my config is relatively minimal.

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    [–] rnkn@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

    Might be worth doing a bit of research on the associations surrounding Hyprland https://drewdevault.com/blog/Hyprland-toxicity/

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