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    "They just have to read the documentation" (discuss.tchncs.de)
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    [–] drq@mastodon.ml 103 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (18 children)

    @Natanox Seems like NixOS replaced Arch as both a local extremist cult and the most effective newbie repellent.

    [–] Grenfur@lemm.ee 72 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

    What's funny to me here is that, as a long time Arch user, I have been considering switching to NixOS. One of the most terrifying thoughts to me is that after using the same Arch install for 2 years I will spend ages trying to recreate it if I ever have to. Oh, that and Nix letting you test packages seems like a cool feature.

    [–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 41 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    I've been on arch around a year now and also considered the jump to NixOS. I was actually dual booting it with arch for awhile and I found pretty quickly that the shit documentation was a huge turn off for me. I ended up nuking the nix partition and reclaiming it for arch.

    [–] Grenfur@lemm.ee 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

    This is my biggest issue. I am utterly spoiled to the exquisiteness that is Arch's Wiki...

    [–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

    Arch wiki is the documentation gold standard

    [–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I mean the Arch wiki mostly works on NixOS too. The problem with NixOS documentation is that there aren't many examples for the Nix language itself.

    [–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I've found that the Arch wiki works for most distros if you know how to translate it. There have been multiple times I've searched how to do something or how to fix something in Linux and the only useful result is an arch forum or wiki. All I had to do is translate the steps for debian/ubuntu/opensuse/fedora/rpiOS, etc.

    The process was usually "search this error" > "this part" isn't working, search "this part error" > arch forum showing steps to fix. Search "where the fuck is this file in ". Get "it's usually here, here, or over here", then do arch steps.

    Then there's opensuse, and there's fucking camelcase capitals in their packages (NetworkManager? Seriously?) so I have to Google "opensuse <command/application> package" like a fucking rube.

    [–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah one nice thing about nixos is that their package search website is really good. You can also search for config options with examples.

    [–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    What is the Nix language like?

    [–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Terrible. Unless you like Haskell, DSLs, and the like.

    [–] grandma@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    If Haskell and json had a baby

    [–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

    Hmm, that sounds more like dhall

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