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13 Mar 2025
@k900:0upti.meK900First change is trivial, second is a little wacky, but should only affect setups with multiple logged in users on older WSL12:19:11
@k900:0upti.meK900And something in 2.5.1 changed so that we nearly always lose the race otherwise12:19:31
@nzbr:nzbr.denzbr (they/it) instead of setting the command to /bin/true, can't we just disable the service entirely? 12:21:28
@k900:0upti.meK900No12:22:46
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17 Mar 2025
@balanced_design:matrix.orgbalanced_designCould nixOS on WSL ever match the state of nixOS not on WSL? Or is it inherently doomed to be behind/outdated in many ways?05:26:24
@k900:0upti.meK900It's mostly already there really?05:27:10
@k900:0upti.meK900WSL is just a VM with extra steps05:27:14
@k900:0upti.meK900It can run a perfectly vanilla NixOS05:27:22
@balanced_design:matrix.orgbalanced_designIsnt the nicOS version behind?05:28:33
@balanced_design:matrix.orgbalanced_design* Isnt the nixOS version behind?05:28:40
@balanced_design:matrix.orgbalanced_designAnother way to ask is can nixOS on WSL ever have the same behavior and packages available to it that an up-to-date unstable channel nixOS on a VPS or server box has?05:29:28
@k900:0upti.meK900It's ot05:29:39
@k900:0upti.meK900* It's not05:29:40
@k900:0upti.meK900We support 24.11, which is latest stable05:29:51
@k900:0upti.meK900And unstable, which is really rolling05:29:58
@k900:0upti.meK900Doesn't really get newer than that05:30:06
@balanced_design:matrix.orgbalanced_designWell thats good to hear.05:30:59
@k900:0upti.meK900Most of the issues we've got are really specific to the WSL glue05:31:25
@k900:0upti.meK900Like the way they set up graphics drivers doesn't work great with NixOS and that's not really something we can do much about05:31:41
@balanced_design:matrix.orgbalanced_designIs there something you recomend for prerequisite knowledge? I get errors when I try to follow almost any docs, form answer, or blog tutorial. So I try to research each aspect of the terms they use and code tokens they use... and I just struggle so much to find any info. I just dont know how to actually progress with nixOS smoothly... Its molasses compared to anything else.05:44:41
@k900:0upti.meK900The state of the docs is ... generally not great05:46:19
@k900:0upti.meK900That's not really a WSL issue05:46:22
@k900:0upti.meK900 If you have specific questions, feel free to ask here or in #Nix / NixOS 05:46:34
@nzbr:nzbr.denzbr (they/it)The docs for most NisOS things do unfortunately leave a lot to be desired05:46:43
@balanced_design:matrix.orgbalanced_designIs this really supposed to be what I do? Ask detailed questions each step of the way?05:57:54
@k900:0upti.meK900I mean05:58:12
@k900:0upti.meK900"Supposed to"? Probably not05:58:16

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