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NixOS is my new daily driver after a hard start and many copy+pasta from Github Repos ^^

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I use guix cause having an entire OS centered around Scheme is cool and based.

Wearing out the parentheses keys on my keyboard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cool, though mileage will vary considering guix is linux-libre

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I can and do, of course!

The point was only about guix

Or do you mean I can change kernel to non-libre?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, just like with many distros you can add external repositories. Nonguix is a repository with non-free software like the linux kernel and binary firmware

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Figured a link would help: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix

Ignore the weird wording about not promoting it on the page, it's just a warning to keep people from complaining about the nonguix packages to the guix devs, but there's lots of crossover

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks!

Genuinely appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you happen to know if KDE is already available there?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's the difference? You mean a DE is available but not the base software?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wasn't it something like, KDE was the distro and desktop name but now the desktop is Plasma?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The distro is KDE Neon

The desktop is KDE Plasma, or Plasma for short

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unless I'm missing something, Plasma is the KDE desktop, there isn't a separate desktop environment just called KDE... In fact, it's full name is KDE Plasma, it's just frequently shortened to either KDE or Plasma

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

KDE separated out into Plasma and the utilities and apps separately at KDE 5. Previously it was all one package, so there is a bit of a confusing distinction.