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submitted 2 years ago by tet@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Examples could be things like specific configuration defaults or general decision-making in leadership.

What would you change?

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Linux Mint: Add a GUI utility for making Nemo Actions, it's such a useful thing to be able to do. I might just write a little applet myself in Python.

Also, get rid of as much Gnome UX as possible. Get your empty sandwich menus, buttons crammed into the top bar and lack of functionality the fuck out of my computer and put it in the septic tank with the rest of the putrid assgarbage.

[-] thayer@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I would love to see an ostree-based (immutable) Debian for both stable and unstable.

Aside from that, my nitpicks aren't distro-oriented.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I really haven't given nix the language the time it deserves, but I really want nixosr configuration bindings in Python. Yes it makes me want to vomit but I do kind of live and breathe Python these days. Maybe a python nix generator would be more appropriate, either way it would totally destroy the benefits of using nix

[-] lupec@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.

[-] lupec@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Nix really isn't very difficult, the way you'd use it for a system configuration it's more like a config file than programming

It's mostly stuff like programs.firefox = { enable = true; };

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I know, I need to spend some time getting familiar with nixpkgs and nixos :P the mix between config file and programming gets me because I expect a config file to have just one way of doing things.

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Afaik generally there is only one way of doing most things

There are a few choices like whether you just want the package installed and left alone or installed and configured with nix

(Adding something to the systemPackages list vs using programs.firefox.enable for example)

You only really get into the really program-ey bits when you start using more advanced features, which you absolutely don't need to to achieve the same things as a normal package manager

I'm by no means an expert but feel free to ask if you need any explanations/help

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[-] downhomechunk@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Slackware: nothing, it's perfect just the way it is.

[-] Kristof12@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Devuan - A better installer like Calamares and stop using backports as default on ISO lol it's a pain to use Ceres from there

Siduction - They should use a bit more ISO's giving 2/3 instead of 5 options to make available more ISO's regularly, obsolete ISO that is updated yearly lmao

[-] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Release Cosmic DE Alpha…can’t wait!

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Fedora

  • not made in the US so their images can ship nonfree drivers and codecs
  • thus they had ARM images for Atomic variants!
  • flathub instead of fedora flatpaks
  • KDE first instead of GNOME (GNOME is okay and very nice in many parts, but absurdly lacking in others)

I like the rest. It would be cool if they could adopt musl like Alpine, glibc is a mess and you basically need to compile every software against musl manually to use it on Fedora.

Apart from that, best Distro ever.

[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

NixOS

Mostly perfect in my opinion but it'd be nice if when they renamed options they didn't deprecate the old option names so old configs still worked

[-] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'd love yearly Debian releases instead of just every 2 years.

[-] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

A robust way to make an install script on arch Linux.

[-] linuxoveruser@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

NixOS

I love NixOS, but the documentation is terrible. Better documentation would go a long way to making it a more user-friendly platform.

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Nothing. Slackware is perfect and complete.

[-] danikpapas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Arch, literally nothing, everything i didnt like i changed myself. Now i have the perfect user experience

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