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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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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[-] mellowheat@suppo.fi 43 points 6 months ago

Go to the deep end with NixOS!

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 months ago

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?

[-] mellowheat@suppo.fi 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] jhulten@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago

So it's the natural heir to Emacs?

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

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

[-] frankenswine@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago
[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

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

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[-] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Distrobox with Arch for proprietary apps?

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 6 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@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

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

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 6 months ago
[-] frankenswine@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 6 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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[-] dai@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

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

[-] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

But there's Guix

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev -1 points 6 months ago

Gonna do him dirty like that.

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