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tanja,

Silverblue is sure not limited to only flatpaks.

Oh 👀
I didn’t know that; I knew you could modify the underlying system, but doesn’t that result in new A/B snapshots, or something like that?

toolbox/distrobox

Sure, but I’d like to have a more seamless experience, i.e. not having to open/start any “containers” or something like that.

Also, can I “normally”/traditionally install software on NixOS, e.g. through Steam?

tanja, (edited )

Daily driver;

  • Dev work (VS Code) 👩‍💻
  • Using Firefox 🔥🦊🛜
  • Playing games every now and then (mostly Steam & Proton) 🎮
tanja,

Sorry for my ignorance,
but why is blendOS not a viable competitor to NixOS?

tanja,

I think NixOS is awesome

how well is it suited as a daily driver for dev work & playing games?

tanja,

You look at defaults and think this is linux.

What do you mean by that?

On the Fedora Atomic website, they write:

Project Atomic is now sunset

The Atomic Host platform is now replaced by CoreOS. Users of Atomic Host are encouraged to join the CoreOS community

Do you think CoreOS is a good fit for a desktop?
I always thought it’s more of a server distro.

On a related note: Would you recommend Fedora Silverblue?

tanja,

Thank you; that was very insightful 😊

Also: I think rpm-ostree only supports rpm-based packages, tho; right?

Can I install .deb software too?
And is there any kind of system-as-a-config-file kind of solution available like in NixOS or blendOS?

tanja,

I’ve got Nix OS running on one of my computer

That’s very interesting 👀
Why did you choose NixOS?

tanja,

it’s broken by design

what do you mean by that?

tanja,

Thanks for your suggestion, but I’ll never use snaps/snapcraft/snapd by choice;

I do see the reasons for why developers/app maintainers may want to (universally) package themselves, but we’ve got Flatpak for that.

Less loopback devices = better imho

tanja,

downloads a lot more than other distros on update, and uses more disk space

why is that?

tanja,

How do those compare to NixOS and blendOS in your opinion in terms of usability, flexibility and stability, considering an (at least mostly) tech-literate audience?

Given I’m still on Manjaro, would you recommend I consider NixOS, Fedora Silverblue, or blendOS?

tanja,

Thanks, that makes sense.

Do you think the use of OCI containers/images is a mistake/bad choice from blendOS?
How is NixOS different?

tanja,

Thanks for the detailed response.

I’ll probably go for either a Fedora Atomic Desktop or NixOS.

tanja,

Fedora Silverblue and NixOS looking very interesting ✨👀

tanja,

What do you use, then?

Given the context, I’d assume either Arch or Fedora Silverblue 🤔

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