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6 Feb 2026
@samasaur:matrix.orgsamasaure.g. https://github.com/cpick/nix-rosetta-builder17:29:06
@denommus:matrix.orgdenommusthat looks like what I need, I'll test it, thanks17:29:43
@antifuchs:asf.computerantifuchsthis and the virby vm repo do similar things, I've been using virby recently because it rebuilds cleaner21:31:18
7 Feb 2026
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@khaneliman:matrix.orgAustin Horstman Ihar Hrachyshka: ah yeah, building is a lot faster when i don't limit my cores lol. just had to rebuild firefox-devedition-unwrapped and it only took 45 min on my laptop now 16:36:58
@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah ClarkRedacted or Malformed Event17:44:59
@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah ClarkI set the core limit to exclude the efficiency cores and it builds faster now than before. 19:19:38
8 Feb 2026
@debtquity:matrix.orgdebtquityis there anything worth it in tahoe? I reviewed the marketing for it and just seems like a crappy ui update20:08:16
@debtquity:matrix.orgdebtquitybut maybe there are hidden gems?20:08:26
@saiko:knifepoint.netKatalin πŸ”ͺ launchpad is gone πŸ¦€ 21:04:55
@saiko:knifepoint.netKatalin πŸ”ͺ otherwise, no, can't think of anything 21:05:00
9 Feb 2026
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeGit appears to broken on Darwin on staging.02:56:43
@debtquity:matrix.orgdebtquity

you mean this on staging-next?

https://hydra.nixos.org/build/321302343

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@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy Eckenrode I ran into it today rebasing my Swift branch on staging. 04:16:53
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy Eckenrode * I ran into it today rebasing my Swift branch on current staging. 04:17:04
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@mall0c:matrix.orgmall0c

Thinking of setting up NixOS in VM on macOS host. Is the lack of OpenGL support going to result in awful performance? Or is it tolerable?

Been itching to use Niri + Cosmic for a minute.

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@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkai think if you want acceleration, something like krunkit / libkrun could give you that but I am not aware of ready recipes to run nixos through it.19:25:48
@g5pw:matrix.orgg5pwI would definitely wait for the next minor bump, IIRC there will be a performance/bugfix release22:12:17
10 Feb 2026
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@mall0c:matrix.orgmall0c
In reply to @ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.org
i think if you want acceleration, something like krunkit / libkrun could give you that but I am not aware of ready recipes to run nixos through it.
hmm - this is something new. Seems to use apple hypervisor api. But not sure how much GPU support it provides. Thanks, will look into it
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@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkai think its primary target is llm acceleration via vulkan apis, not sure about the rest19:54:36
11 Feb 2026
@axman6:matrix.orgAxman6 Does anyone know why, when using nix-darwin and home-manager zsh no longer knows anything about system man pages? Things like kqueue aren't found, nor any other pages like man 2 read 01:41:12
@axman6:matrix.orgAxman6I don't appear to have MANPATH set in my login shell at all, but man works for packages from Nix01:41:46

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