A meme I sent to my buddy Matthias after getting NixOS pilled. Here's where I'm at so far:
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I liked the idea of using NixOS for the ability to programmatically render my setup with 100% certainty.
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Currently my home server runs on Arch (btw) which has been great, but after the massive AUR worm, I'm wondering if something more specific is the better route.
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One day I'd like to go full time Linux and downgrade my phone to a dumb phone. Will that ever happen? Hard to say, but I kinda want to have a system that will be dirt easy to install on a new machine.
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I don't have any spare hardware other than a Raspberry Pi which has been noted not the best way to get started with NixOS, so I'm currently doing some experimenting with VirtualBox.
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The plan is to recreate my Arch home server setup on this virtual machine as much as possible over the next month or so. It should give me a good idea if I want to continue with this kind of setup or if I should stick to a classic symlink dot files approach. However I will say I'm already having my eyes opened and it is freaking sweet.
Anyway that is partly why I've been so quiet. I also started reading The Count of Monte Cristo so maybe see you in a few months lol.