_cnt0@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAn unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setupsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square317fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down1180
arrow-up1847arrow-down1imageAn unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setupsh.itjust.works_cnt0@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square317fedilink
minus-squareKlaymore@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYou mean like nixos-unstable, the rolling release channel of NixOS?
minus-squarenetwren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell yeah obviously like NixOS. My reason for not using it is that they use a non standard Linux filesystem and it renders a # of packages I want to install incompatible.
minus-squarerussjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn that case, couldn’t you just use something like btrfs snapshots + Timeshift to pull this off?
minus-squarenetwren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah you could put some together I think, possibly with OverlayFS as well. I feel like the value those distros add is not just the rolling mechanism but the package manager being tied into it. So you just use the package manager like any other and it works.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhich packages? Check nixpkgs unstable, they might have been added in the last few months before stable release Try steam-run, it will run binaries like you’re in a normal distro I ended up packaging the thing myself, actually. The best part is my pull request was approved and I was able to contribute my work
You mean like nixos-unstable, the rolling release channel of NixOS?
Well yeah obviously like NixOS. My reason for not using it is that they use a non standard Linux filesystem and it renders a # of packages I want to install incompatible.
In that case, couldn’t you just use something like btrfs snapshots + Timeshift to pull this off?
Yeah you could put some together I think, possibly with OverlayFS as well.
I feel like the value those distros add is not just the rolling mechanism but the package manager being tied into it.
So you just use the package manager like any other and it works.
Which packages?
I ended up packaging the thing myself, actually. The best part is my pull request was approved and I was able to contribute my work