It was either failing before grub or wasn’t in the list, I can’t remember now but I know rollbacks were not a possibility. If I remember correctly I had to reboot once after the install, then update, and then reboot once again to have the updated system boot.
This issue can happen with any distro, though rare.
I’ve used Linux for about 15 years, and that was the only time a fresh install crapped out on me.
Fedora is great, but it’s also the only distro I’ve had fail to boot after a fresh install and update.
Mint for sure. The slower release cycle is definitely better for nontechnical people, but show them how to install flatpaks from the app store.
I never actually used archinstall, only manual and derivatives which were essentially arch with a wizard.
You can choose the de by clicking in the wizard
how to install arch (with btrfs and without frustration)
Download Endeavour and click through the wizard?
/facepalm moment for not thinking of that at the time
But it’s lacking organisation and modularity. For example let’s say you need programming packages on one device, gaming ones on another, and general ones on both. It’s pretty easy to set it up with hm, and you can disable specific modules when you don’t need them (for example you rarely need to use a certain language and supporting packages).
It’s pretty fast, especially if you don’t get into flakes right away. You basically just install nix with a one liner -> install home-manager through nix -> start adding packages to list.
Here’s a comment I made when I was starting out with basic instructions. Do note I’m now using this command for updates instead (updates hm, package definitions, and the packages themselves)
cd ~/dotfiles/nix/ && nix flake update && nix-channel --update && home-manager switch --flake ~/dotfiles/nix/
And just update it with every package install and uninstall, on every device, forever.
Sure, but then you need to maintain it. I don’t know about you, but I never had the discipline to update it with every package install and uninstall. It’s especially annoying when you have multiple devices.
Declarative package management doesn’t have that issue since you’re managing the packages by editing the list.
Besides that, the home-manager approach works on any distro (and os?), you get bleeding edge packages, you get a built in rollback system, and you can handle configs as well (but I mainly just symlink them anyways).
For me that’s the main benefit of using home-manager on nixos and other distros. You basically just make a list of packages, and install/update them through home-manager.
You don’t see anything wrong with putting tools to make it more accessible for new users and nontechnical people behind a subscription?
And OP gets very mad when you call out this premium dotfile subscription bs, and proceeds to delete threads.
Xfce is nice, but it’s more windows xp than Mac
Premium dotfiles
We stray from Foss with each day
“Quitting your job to make games” is just like quitting your job to write your novel
I think it’s actually worse since you can’t directly make money from the game while making it. You can stream for example, but it requires a completely different skillset.
Compare that to, for example, writers releasing chapters on royal road, getting some funding through patreon while writing (in return for advanced chapters), and quitting their jobs when the book sales pick up. Like yeah it’s still really hard to make good money, but the possibility of slowly progressing into full time writing is why people can try to do it.
On Linux, you have to be running Gnome or KDE.
I’ve used it without those issues on cinnamon, xfce, and a variety of of tiling WMs. It fails to connect sometimes, but that happens on KDE as well, and I most certainly didn’t need to reauth every time I connect to the network. So idk what you’re talking about.
Don’t know about the others, but KDE connect has absolutely nothing to do with your ISP. It’s using WiFi for wlan, not to connect to the internet.
Address not found.
Also, it doesn’t change the fact you’re depending on some random person’s repo that is not moderated in any way.
I didn’t like using AUR when I ran arch, let alone some random repo with absolutely no oversight.
I mean it’s a language specifically designed to be easy and quick to learn. Even if you don’t work with primarily, you’ll find it useful for stuff like cli programs, advanced scripts(instead of python), small services, etc.