harish, 6 months ago I‘m sorry for going on and on about this, but something about my recent #Emacs Lisp journey has brought out the 15 year old neckbeard in me. I‘ve now ordered an extra NVMe drive to safely test out: #Ubuntu #FreeBSD #Guix, and #OpenBSD What else should I be trying? Give me more freedom than I can handle. (Also apologies for the hash tags. Trying to gather input from a wide range of people. 😇)
I‘m sorry for going on and on about this, but something about my recent #Emacs Lisp journey has brought out the 15 year old neckbeard in me.
I‘ve now ordered an extra NVMe drive to safely test out:
What else should I be trying? Give me more freedom than I can handle.
(Also apologies for the hash tags. Trying to gather input from a wide range of people. 😇)
cheemsbread, 6 months ago @harish Try #gentoo :gentoo:
@harish Try #gentoo :gentoo:
harish, 6 months ago @cheemsbread How could I forget?!
@cheemsbread How could I forget?!
monkey1, 6 months ago @harish I would consider #Guix as a distribution but also as a package manager under another distribution--it can coexist happily with dnf or apt Also, I think #Debian should be in your list--Debian 12 is not your father's Debian
@harish
I would consider #Guix as a distribution but also as a package manager under another distribution--it can coexist happily with dnf or apt
Also, I think #Debian should be in your list--Debian 12 is not your father's Debian
harish, 6 months ago @monkey1 Yes, thank you. I think I’m interested in the reproducible from scratch angle to running Guix not just as a package manager.
@monkey1 Yes, thank you. I think I’m interested in the reproducible from scratch angle to running Guix not just as a package manager.
monkey1, 6 months ago @harish You can get started with it as package manager and then take the plunge. I have a laptop running it and another as a foreign distro--plan on transitioning once I can make sure that all my software runs on #Guix or I have work-around solutions.
You can get started with it as package manager and then take the plunge.
I have a laptop running it and another as a foreign distro--plan on transitioning once I can make sure that all my software runs on #Guix or I have work-around solutions.
harish, 6 months ago @monkey1 Yes, this is a great idea. Hope you get all your things working.
@monkey1 Yes, this is a great idea. Hope you get all your things working.
fidel, 6 months ago @harish Archlinux is very popular and worth testing IMO. Also NixOS.
@harish Archlinux is very popular and worth testing IMO.
Also NixOS.
harish, 6 months ago @fidel Thank you! I feel like Guix might be like NixOS with even more freedom (and even less hardware support.) 😅
@fidel Thank you!
I feel like Guix might be like NixOS with even more freedom (and even less hardware support.) 😅
Ghastlyghost, 6 months ago @harish @fidel Void and Arch for sure. Guix has always been on my mind but you’ve got it there already. :)
@harish @fidel Void and Arch for sure. Guix has always been on my mind but you’ve got it there already. :)
harish, 6 months ago @Ghastlyghost @fidel Oh I hadn’t hear of Void. Thanks!
@Ghastlyghost @fidel Oh I hadn’t hear of Void. Thanks!
fidel, 6 months ago @harish No discussion there. :) I absolutely respect if your priority if freedom rather than popularity. I debate exactly that with myself very often.
@harish No discussion there. :)
I absolutely respect if your priority if freedom rather than popularity. I debate exactly that with myself very often.
harish, 6 months ago @fidel It’s like… I proritise freedom… after getting it to even load. 🥴
@fidel It’s like… I proritise freedom… after getting it to even load. 🥴
dekkzz76, 6 months ago @harish #debian12
#debian12
harish, 6 months ago @dekkzz76 I meant to type Debian and slipped up and typed Ubuntu. The power of marketing.
@dekkzz76 I meant to type Debian and slipped up and typed Ubuntu.
The power of marketing.
callimachus, 6 months ago @harish #fedora and #kali
@harish #fedora and #kali
harish, 6 months ago @callimachus As an old (pre RHEL and Fedora) Red Hat user, I approve this suggestion. 😅
@callimachus As an old (pre RHEL and Fedora) Red Hat user, I approve this suggestion. 😅
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