_cnt0@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoAn unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setupsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1516arrow-down176
arrow-up1440arrow-down1imageAn unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setupsh.itjust.works_cnt0@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squarenetwren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWell yeah obviously like NixOS. My reason for not using it is that they use a non standard Linux filesystem and it renders a # of packages I want to install incompatible.
minus-squarerussjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIn that case, couldn’t you just use something like btrfs snapshots + Timeshift to pull this off?
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWhich packages? Check nixpkgs unstable, they might have been added in the last few months before stable release Try steam-run, it will run binaries like you’re in a normal distro I ended up packaging the thing myself, actually. The best part is my pull request was approved and I was able to contribute my work
Well yeah obviously like NixOS. My reason for not using it is that they use a non standard Linux filesystem and it renders a # of packages I want to install incompatible.
In that case, couldn’t you just use something like btrfs snapshots + Timeshift to pull this off?
Which packages?
I ended up packaging the thing myself, actually. The best part is my pull request was approved and I was able to contribute my work