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14 Oct 2025
@k900:0upti.meK900When really I just accumulate vibes by skimming14:54:21
@k900:0upti.meK900But to do that you need to already know what to look for, kinda14:54:31
@linux-daddy:beeper.comLinux DADDYYeah, fair enough.14:56:50
@bandithedoge:matrix.orgbandithedogei think it's still worth it to explain this in detail15:07:21
@bandithedoge:matrix.orgbandithedogeso people can at least avoid certain mistakes in the future15:07:48
@normalcea:matrix.orgjasi 🏳️‍⚧️It's better to study and research on how to tailor NixOS itself to your needs rather than using a downstream distribution of NixOS19:46:47
@normalcea:matrix.orgjasi 🏳️‍⚧️ It'd be better if the GLF folks contributed to upstream NixOS rather than creating their own thing. 19:47:45
@normalcea:matrix.orgjasi 🏳️‍⚧️ Like making NixOS more accessible to a french speaking audience is objectively good, but maybe contribute to the NixOS wiki first or make a pamphlet rather than an entire distribution. 19:48:52
@normalcea:matrix.orgjasi 🏳️‍⚧️Also they have things like "doing this as a challenge"19:51:04
@normalcea:matrix.orgjasi 🏳️‍⚧️Not what you want to hear when you're trusting an operating system19:51:52
@normalcea:matrix.orgjasi 🏳️‍⚧️ * 19:52:03
@normalcea:matrix.orgjasi 🏳️‍⚧️

This isn't specific to NixOS either, Arch has the same issue where there are downstream distributions that are glorified installers (all of which got invalidated by archinstall when it became mature).

I mean don't get me started on "Manjaro"

19:55:46
15 Oct 2025
@andrewzah:matrix.abare.partyAndrew Zah changed their display name from andrewzah to Andrew Zah.09:29:43
@davidak:matrix.orgdavidaka nixos distribution could just be a profile inside nixpkgs that people can use as a starting point. what you get using the graphical installer is similar. you can just select the desktop instead of us having to maintain multiple distributions like Ubuntu16:27:24
@albert:sysctl.ioAlbert^ Why I adore NixOS so much16:28:50
@albert:sysctl.ioAlbertAll my machines are in a single flake. Some run KDE, some run Hyprland, some have containers and run Docker, others run HAProxy and Wireguard. 16:29:27
@albert:sysctl.ioAlbertIt's great. All from one flake!16:29:39
@davidak:matrix.orgdavidakWhat do you all think about the optimizations of CachyOS, especially the BORE Scheduler and LTO kernel? Could we use that on NixOS?16:36:01
@k900:0upti.meK900Do you have evidence that it actually helps anything?16:36:39
@davidak:matrix.orgdavidakno, but i'm interested16:37:02
@k900:0upti.meK900Well I'll start being interested when there's any evidence it actually helps anything16:37:41
@davidak:matrix.orgdavidaki used it for some days while the game i wanted to play crashed on nixos. but then it broke and did not boot anymore16:37:53
@davidak:matrix.orgdavidakwhat metric would you care about? a higher frame rate would be obvious, but i think a more stable frame time would be most valuable for a better experience16:42:20
@k900:0upti.meK900Any metric16:44:10
@k900:0upti.meK900That is reasonably useful16:44:14
@marie:marie.cologneMarie0001-asus.patch is my favorite feature of cachyos16:44:54
@linux-daddy:beeper.comLinux DADDYCan you use this in nixos?16:52:31
@davidak:matrix.orgdavidaksure16:52:41
@davidak:matrix.orgdavidakit's pretty easy to patch the kernel on nixos https://codeberg.org/davidak/webseite/issues/8516:54:34
@k900:0upti.meK900That was a joke16:54:46

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