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    submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by TropicalDingdong to c/linuxmemes
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    Machine is a HP ENVY x360 Convertible 15-eu1xxx with the touch screen. Ryzen 7 5825U, touch screen 16gb RAM.

    Top recommendation of within one hour of me posting this decides what distro I install. Please not Hannah Montana linux or even worse, Arch.

    I leave the decision up to you.

    Edit:

    The winner was linux mint. I've downloaded the ISO and am installing now. I hope my boss doesn't get pissed.

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    [–] [email protected] 43 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Go to the deep end with NixOS!

    [–] frankenswine 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    GNU Guix is where it's at

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Can't install proprietary apps --> useless as a work machine.

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    [–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Distrobox with Arch for proprietary apps?

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

    Makes about as much sense as buying a mac with apple silicon to develop x86 linux apps or windows to develop linux apps.

    [–] frankenswine 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    this is not how Guix works - please don't blindly spread misinformation

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Install firefox on stock guix please.

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    [–] frankenswine 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    add channel nonguix install firefox

    since when is "adding a channel" not part of the "stock" system? if that were so nothing would ever be part of debian based stock systems

    my point being: you can and probably should try to bring it into your workplace

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

    since when is “adding a channel” not part of the “stock” system? if that were so nothing would ever be part of debian based stock systems

    That's literally what it is? You're trying to make a Theseus ship argument where there is none. By your logic, ubuntu would be stock debian. "it's just a few apt repos with their packages installed"

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    [–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I took a look at NixOS. Am I correct in the assumption that I'd need to take a bachelor's degree to actually get how to use that thing and I'm shit outta luck because I'm an embedded programmer?

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    Just taking Advanced Functional Programming should be enough.

    I have taken such a course, actually, but frankly my NixOS configuration is just a bunch of copy paste from all around the place. I think I could've pulled it off before going to college.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

    So it's the natural heir to Emacs?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    No, not even slightly.

    I played around with it for an hour and had the whole thing figured out.

    There's one config file, you add the packages you want to it. Done. Once you've got the syntax the rest is a piece of cake.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

    I know about the config file. But updating, flakes, home-management, etc make my head spin.

    [–] dai 5 points 8 months ago

    OP gonna have a fun ride, Nix got me good.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

    But there's Guix

    [–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

    Gonna do him dirty like that.

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