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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Did this for a bit until i learned how to install arch and never looked back

~~I use arch btw~~

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Nix stops you from hopping because it takes literal months to set everything up for a mortal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I did try it on a second drive and was to stupid to understand the like config file where you specify your packages

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's a lot to explore after arch. We have Gentoo, NixOS, image-based distros like Silverblue. Swappable immutable core through ublue, leading you to bluefin or bazzite. Your journey is far from over

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Nah i think it's pretty over... I have tried gentoo, nixos image based distros and all that. Even lfs. I'm quite comfortable with arch