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Examples could be things like specific configuration defaults or general decision-making in leadership.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I really haven't given nix the language the time it deserves, but I really want nixosr configuration bindings in Python. Yes it makes me want to vomit but I do kind of live and breathe Python these days. Maybe a python nix generator would be more appropriate, either way it would totally destroy the benefits of using nix

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.

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

Can we get a free software only version of every distro? That's what I want.

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

Debian is all free software if you just use the main repo and avoid non-free and non-free-firmware.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

NixOS

Mostly perfect in my opinion but it'd be nice if when they renamed options they didn't deprecate the old option names so old configs still worked

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'd love yearly Debian releases instead of just every 2 years.

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

Devuan - A better installer like Calamares and stop using backports as default on ISO lol it's a pain to use Ceres from there

Siduction - They should use a bit more ISO's giving 2/3 instead of 5 options to make available more ISO's regularly, obsolete ISO that is updated yearly lmao

[–] hubobes 2 points 1 year ago

Release Cosmic DE Alpha…can’t wait!

[–] DumbAceDragon 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Garuda. I wish the base install of wine actually worked, and that half the packages in chaotic-aur weren't buggy as fuck or just completely non functional.

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

I would make Debian and Arch be deterministic like NixOS, but with a different language and less overhead. I really like the principle but the implementation is subpar.

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

Slackware: nothing, it's perfect just the way it is.

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