NixOS is really great, I would say that something like it is probably a future of Linux. But I would not recommend it to someone who isn't already familiar with Linux, it is not beginner-friendly.

Again, no, you can't. All these modules do is provide options to read data from user space applications. That is it. No, it doesn't automatically provide your data to any machine on the LAN or anything like that. It just lets you have an application on your machine that reads those data, that is it.

I would imagine that if you weren't on Debian stable, it would be much better. From what I've seen, dealing with anything Nvidia on stable distros is pain.

I just recently started working with it and it is really nice. You have NixOS, where you can define basically everything with just nix config files. You want to run MPD on some port, sure just use add this option, and we will create config file and put it in right place. It is really easy to define your entire system with all the options in one place. I don't think I've ever had to change anything in /etc I just need to change an option in my system config. I think something like this is probably the future of Linux.

Nix by itself is just a language that is used to configure things. You can do things like to define all the dependencies for your project with it, so it is easy to build by anyone with nix (which you can install basically anywhere). By doing it like this you can be sure all the dependencies are defined, so it is really easy to port the software to other distros even if you weren't using Nix.

Fair enough, but I only see that for some niche projects. And at that point you are probably not a regular user and can do it yourself.

There is an issue on the other side, if you only provide appimage/flatpak it is much less customizable. You can't optimize your software for your CPU, you can't mix and match what version of the libraries your software uses. Personally, I think it is always a good idea to provide a flatpak alternative for those that want it, but I don't see it as a replacement for regular packaging.

Edit: I would much rather see something like nix being used to describe the dependencies. That is in my opinion the best solution, which also allows you to more easily port it to other systems.

I really enjoyed using Gentoo, it was my daily driver for about two years, but currently I am trying out NixOS and it is rather interesting. Both of those have been really stable (especially Gentoo) whilst still being rolling distros.

Currently, I am using DWL and it is pretty nice. After moving to Wayland, I tried to use Sway for a while, but it does not really fit into my workflow well. But to be honest, even DWL is missing some things I want, and I am not really a fan of that it is written and configured in C. I am planning on trying to write my own tiling window manager in Rust when I have some time.

Recently switched from Gentoo to NixOS. Not really sure if I will not switch back but so far interesting experience. Being able to define your entire system configuration with just a few files is really cool, plus it is really nice for setting up development environments.

On my Laptop I just run arch because I find it easiest, and it is mostly multimedia laptop. Same with my home server (NAS, self-hosted stuff, VR) where I just need rolling distro with good support for gaming.

Currently trying out NixOS, just switched from Gentoo. Interesting experience so far, will see if the switch will be permanent.

Immutable system, completely separated and well-defined development environments per project, and overall nix is pretty nice.

Yeah, I've been looking into that too. Currently, I am using LycheeSlicer, but it is a downgrade from what I was used to. I really hope one day we will have a nice open source printer like i3 that will help SLA get to the same level as FDM, but I remain skeptical.

I loved OctoPrint when I used it. Unfortunately, I switched to SLA printers and their support for anything open source really sucks.

Shame she isn't the official Linux mascot, she would be a lot cooler than Tux.

I am a programmer. Started out as a machine learning scientist, but now I do more Git Ops stuff. But now I am trying to work as little as possible and focus more on FOSS projects that I can actually get passionate about.