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    [–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (29 children)

    I would hapilly use linux mint if only it didn't use apt, honestly don't like it as a package manager.

    Ghere is also the fact that mint will have older versions of packages, for example neovim which I need to be latest version always.

    That's why I loved arch and gentoo before, for their package managers and roling distro nature.

    Now I'm on nixos unstable and it's currently my favourite unbreakable distro, and the nix package manager is really good and making my own pqckages is really easy.

    [–] fiddlestix 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I'm in the same boat as you, but haven't tried making my own packages. Is there a guide somewhere I can follow?

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I mostly just searched nixos how to package pyrhon/go/rust/ program or nixos how to package sddm theme/gtk/...

    The best resource honestly are the randon blogposts since the wiki itself is really bad.

    I also recommend the channel vimjoyer.

    I also recommend to get into the habit of searching for options on https://search.nixos.org/options and for packages on https://search.nixos.org/packages which are great resources to know what you can set or install and already packages.

    You can also check my nixos config on examples for how to package sddm theme and shell scripts.

    I also have a couple programs on my selfhosted gitea that use flakes for packaging which you can checkout also.

    https://code.cronyakatsuki.xyz/crony/nixos

    [–] fiddlestix 2 points 7 months ago

    This is really useful. Thanks a lot! (Agree about the wiki).

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