yep came here to say NixOS - once I was used to it, the advantages for programming are immense. I commit my shell.nix to Git and use Lorri to automagically install the right environment tools and it feels magical being able to work on multiple machines and never encounter dependency oddness
- 0 Posts
- 8 Comments
platoose@feddit.ukto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•People with framework laptops on linux (nixos?) what is your experience with them?English3·8 months agoit isn’t so loud that other people would notice, i don’t think - and usually just a bit of readjustment of my position is enough to unblock the vents
don’t let me dissuade you from buying the best laptop i’ve owned!
platoose@feddit.ukto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•People with framework laptops on linux (nixos?) what is your experience with them?English2·8 months agoif i have it on a table, it’s fine, mostly silent. if i have it on my lap blocking the vents then it can get noisier and hotter pretty fast
platoose@feddit.ukto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•People with framework laptops on linux (nixos?) what is your experience with them?English12·8 months agoI run NixOS on my Ryzen Framework 13 and it works flawlessly, including fingerprint reader. I run KDE now but I’ve also used Gnome with no issues.
I used this nixos-hardware module for some of the fancier hardware tweaks I don’t really understand: https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware
platoose@feddit.ukto Linux@lemmy.ml•My experience with microsoft's ads for linux.English81·8 months agoas the inverse to this, I like to be reminded how much Windows sucks so I don’t feel any desire to reinstall it
platoose@feddit.ukto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Anyone got any thoughts on, praises of, and criticisms of Njalla?English5·10 months agoI have a few personal domains registered with Njalla and have for years with no issues. They’re not hosting anything shadier than a Jellyfin login (on a non-Njalla server) - and so I’m not worried about getting denied access. And I like not having my real details in the WHOIS.
I use Librewolf with Firefox Sync and it works excellently, it doesn’t interfere with Librewolf’s operations at all
I use Nextcloud to sync a huge music collection and it works great - I was kinda surprised
I run it on an underpowered NUC and it behaves beautifully