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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Who here uses a less popular Linux distribution? What made you choose it? (lemdro.id)

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Hey fellow Linux enthusiasts! I'm curious to know if any of you use a less popular, obscure or exotic Linux distribution. What motivated you to choose that distribution over the more mainstream ones? I'd love to hear about your experiences and any unique features or benefits that drew you to your chosen distribution.

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

I’ve been exploring with Nix lately but mainly just using nix-shell on my server that runs Debian. But I like the idea of what you laid out. I started reading through the NixOS docs the other day and it made it a fair way through. But I was kind of just looking for some like boilerplate config files that would set up a system in the way you describe. Anything you could point me to?

[–] Klaymore 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When you install NixOS it asks like what DE you want and what timezone and then generates a basic config file for those settings and your partition layout. It does have a GUI installer now that does that but you can also run nixos-generate-config and it'll generate a basic config file. There's also a bunch of people's configs online, here's mine.