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> Make NixOS usable for non-technical users through a settings / package management GUI. ^ emphasis mine. What exactly does a non-techical user have to read to
by dmitriid 5y ago
> Make NixOS usable for non-technical users through a settings / package management GUI.
^ emphasis mine. What exactly does a non-techical user have to read to understand whatever's on the screenshot? Forget non-techincal, explain this to a technical person.
Apparently this has something to do with sound? Have you or any nix-person ever seen a sound configuration screen for non-technical users? I mean this one is by no means perfect, but do compare: https://www.techrepublic.com/a/hub/i/r/2016/10/05/a7dba7dd-32a0-4e48-aaec-ab97f219e753/resize/1200x/061ddf8281dfbdd21c7ac03e0381d40e/macsoundeckel092016.jpg https://www.techrepublic.com/a/hub/i/r/2016/10/05/a7dba7dd-3...
- whateveracct 5y agoKDE provides that already in NixOS. So yeah .. we do see it all the time :) This config is for a different layer - one a non-technical user probably wouldn't ever modify in most OSes. Hence, the value.
- Zababa 5y agoThis is exactly the same, although their choice of "sliding buttons" with text and color inside is a bit weird compared to checkboxes.
- seoaeu 5y agoWhat? They're nothing alike. One has normal, logical options like selecting sound effects and output devices. The other has useless things like how much the media keys adjust the volume by and whether to entirely disable sound on the system, and is littered with technical jargon like 'undefined' and 'boolean'.
- whateveracct 5y agoYou don't select your output device with your configuration.nix. You use it to configure the underlying OS. So doing this stuff with a GUI? Unheard of in the mainstream. Unnecessary maybe too, but still. Not the same.