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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 months ago

Go to the deep end with NixOS!

[-] frankenswine@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago
[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

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

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[-] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Distrobox with Arch for proprietary apps?

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 10 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 10 months ago

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

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago
[-] frankenswine@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 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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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 6 points 10 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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 months ago

So it's the natural heir to Emacs?

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 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 10 months ago

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

[-] dai@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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

[-] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

But there's Guix

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev -1 points 10 months ago

Gonna do him dirty like that.

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