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I used to use stow to manage my dotfiles but this was a cumbersome step that didn't provide any real advantage. Now I just edit config files by hand and with z
by kuon 4y ago
I used to use stow to manage my dotfiles but this was a cumbersome step that didn't provide any real advantage.
Now I just edit config files by hand and with zfs autosnapshot I can easily rollback if needed.
I'd love to try something like nix, but I rely on many aur packages that are bleeding edge for my workflow, I fear it would be hard to be up to date with nix, but I have not tried yet.
- ninjin 4y agoNixOS user here. My experience is that if you track unstable, you will have bleeding edge packages within a day or two from an upstream release. Likewise, due to how Nix works, you can pick and mix from stable, unstable, and your own custom expressions to your heart’s content. My personal preference is stable, with a very small subset of packages from unstable that I try to peg back to stable once there is a new stable release. I will not pretend that there is not a learning curve though, Nix is a bit of a beast.