wireleaf

comp.os.linux.nixos

Getting started with NixOS: where do I begin?

slow-wren-85
Getting started with NixOS: where do I begin?

I tried the usual recommendations and none of them stuck.

The community around NixOS has changed a lot in the last few years.

silver-lichen-6

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.
Reply
dusky-birch-23

Ha, I thought I was the only one.
Reply
still-pine-19

This is the most useful reply in the thread.
Reply
bright-pine-963 more

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.
Reply
gentle-lichen-961 more

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.
Reply
wild-finch-10

gentle-lichen-96 wrote:

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.
Reply
late-rowan-1

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.
Reply
bright-pine-52 more

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.
Reply
woven-yarrow-46

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
Reply
wild-pine-91

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.
Reply
woven-yarrow-972 more

Second this.
Reply
late-willow-371 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.
Reply
gentle-lichen-28

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
Reply
copper-sedge-1910 more

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
Reply
bright-fern-273 more

copper-sedge-19 wrote:

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.
Reply
slow-finch-261 more

Saving this for later.
Reply
still-reed-84

slow-finch-26 wrote:

Saving this for later.

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.
Reply
amber-moth-91

bright-fern-27 wrote:

copper-sedge-19 wrote:

Good question, following.
Reply
late-reed-46

copper-sedge-19 wrote:

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.
Reply
hollow-yarrow-69

Second this.
Reply
copper-finch-22

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
Reply
woven-birch-242 more

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.
Reply
wry-clover-61 more

woven-birch-24 wrote:

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
Reply
copper-thistle-42

The official docs are better than they look.
Reply