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I would argue it's very much worth it just for gaming, now I get to everyday run an os I like and spin the windows vm up whenever I wanna play overwatch. Now th
by carlhjerpe 5y ago
I would argue it's very much worth it just for gaming, now I get to everyday run an os I like and spin the windows vm up whenever I wanna play overwatch. Now that I'm on NixOS it was literally just a couple Nix lines and it's configured forever. (if on NixOS stable it doesn't break all the time, but you also have 6m+ old packages)
- xaduha 5y agoLitmus test for these kinds of things is - would you set this up for a family member in another part of town? I wouldn't. And I used Nixos too.
- carlhjerpe 5y agoWell no, but I also don't like living my life by the lowest denominator, I understand how it works, so I don't "break" it by forgetting how to use it. My father's office365 broke last month because of multiple mailboxes, not because something was wrong, but because logged onto the wrong account without the right permissions.
- xaduha 5y agoWell I hope you don't end up like me, asking yourself "Why I'm still doing this?" and not finding a good answer.
- carlhjerpe 5y agoTo be honest, I'm doing it because I like the idea of owning my own machine, the flexibility of a VM and because I want to learn more about Nix & Linux. Trouble is, now that my Nix setup is good for everyday use (Not yet development, I wish to see Flakes mature soon) I barely ever tinker with it, might be because it's summertime here too, doesn't encourage me to geek out too much.