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Really it's kind of a minimalist linux distro with the capacity to coexist harmonically and/or parasitically with another operating system. Don't try to say 'oh

Really it's kind of a minimalist linux distro with the capacity to coexist harmonically and/or parasitically with another operating system. Don't try to say 'oh it's like arch' or 'yeah it's a bit like Ubuntu', because no, it isn't, and by design. It seems that as much as design meant to go a particular way, there it went. It does pretty well directly on the hardware, but seems to want to live (like it is) in a container, though that might just be it's style ;) it certainly seems to be convenient for containers. It has a certain otaku appeal and ninjatsu stealth. I'll probably like it a lot some day soon but at the moment it just screams 'exotic' in my ears while I'm asleep at night. This probably isn't helping so I'll just stop now.

jchw 6y ago
> It has a certain otaku appeal and ninjatsu stealth. I'll probably like it a lot some day soon but at the moment it just screams 'exotic' in my ears while I'm asleep at night. I’m trying to refute this characterization, but I am sitting in front of my desktop with an anime background in SwayWM on NixOS. Is there something I don’t know about correlations between seemingly unrelated hobbies?
- eeh 6y ago
  NixOS, Emacs, Haskell, tiling window managers. They're a clique in the tech world. I think a unifying theme is to have a small foundation that the user can develop within. Going a bit further on my soapbox, you might also be into philosophy, anime, election reform, baduk, and math. Is the underlying personality trait systemizing/stubbornness, wanting to break everything down, and rebuild it according to defined principles? http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html would call this approach the MIT style of design. @nntaleb might suggest they overestimate their principles and their ability to enact their principles, and call them IYIs. :) (This comment itself is my admission of being an IYI.)

jchw 6y ago

> It has a certain otaku appeal and ninjatsu stealth. I'll probably like it a lot some day soon but at the moment it just screams 'exotic' in my ears while I'm asleep at night. I’m trying to refute this characterization, but I am sitting in front of my desktop with an anime background in SwayWM on NixOS. Is there something I don’t know about correlations between seemingly unrelated hobbies?

eeh 6y ago
NixOS, Emacs, Haskell, tiling window managers. They're a clique in the tech world. I think a unifying theme is to have a small foundation that the user can develop within. Going a bit further on my soapbox, you might also be into philosophy, anime, election reform, baduk, and math. Is the underlying personality trait systemizing/stubbornness, wanting to break everything down, and rebuild it according to defined principles? http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html would call this approach the MIT style of design. @nntaleb might suggest they overestimate their principles and their ability to enact their principles, and call them IYIs. :) (This comment itself is my admission of being an IYI.)