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What is some good things to do with a new pc/laptop/computer?
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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Do you use Arch?
They would’ve said so. ;)
NixOS > Arch
Having just restored a Pop_OS machine I'm starting to give a real hard look at NixOS. Every time I had install a package or make changes (that I end up making on all of my workstations) I kept thinking, "this could all be defined in a single config and I could be done by now..."
It's an interesting learning curve.
I would really recommend using flakes, basically lockfiles which abstract away some pains with dependencies.
Nixos Optionsis utterly fantastic for figuring out stuff (also links to source config)The syntax takes a bit to get used to but if ye have used something like lisp or haskell before then it should be easy enough to pick up.
(I'll add links to my repos here when I am back on computer)
What's arch?
My last couple computers have never been sullied by Windows (or "secure" boot).