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Sure, if I want to spend weeks and months of time learning how to: * move my arms again, so I can learn how to * push myself up again, so I can learn how t
by t-writescode 2y ago
Sure, if I want to spend weeks and months of time learning how to:
* move my arms again, so I can learn how to
* push myself up again, so I can learn how to
* move my legs again, so I can learn how to
* crawl, so I can learn how to
* walk.
Cost of entry is a very real issue with NixOS and many/most of us are not interested in taking that time, so until it's easy / reasonable to use for most people's lived experiences, it'll sit on the backburner of Linux installations.
- pshirshov 2y agoIn my case I managed to get working desktop in about 15 minutes without any prior Nix knowledge just by following their tutorial, then about 16 hours to read/learn/experiment and 8 more hours to complete my environment and 8 more to move my homelab to Nix. Since then I spend around two hours every six months to update and polish my flakes. Although Nix knowledge helped me tremendously in managing heterogenous codebase with more than a million of LoC
- layer8 2y agoThat doesn’t sound like something the average computer user would be able or willing to do.
- pshirshov 2y agoThere are plenty of options which would do for that average user.
- layer8 2y agoThis subthread started with “When you start installing software and drivers, the OS gets totalled, sooner or later.” Then came the objection that one wouldn’t do that with Nix. Then that yeah, but Nix is too difficult to use. Then that no, it isn’t that difficult after you spend a weekend or two learning it. Which isn’t for the average user. Now you say there are plenty of other options, presumably non-Nix. I feel we are back to where this subthread started.