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byte::Arc<Eepy> neobot_sign_beep rabiesPride blobhaj_flag_nonbinary @byte@awawa.club
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so to search something on nix i need to do this monstrosity?

nix search --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' cosmic

and to download near 50mb of shit too?
WHY? are you okay {non-}people? what the actual fuck?
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byte::Arc<Eepy> neobot_sign_beep rabiesPride blobhaj_flag_nonbinary @byte@awawa.club
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also kind of nitpicking but wtf is this "/nix/store/{unrecognizeable million characters keysmash of a hash}-program-name" convention? how hard would it be to do automated symlinking to /usr/bin so it's all accessible and makes sense? it makes ps/top so fucking unusable i don't get it

also i imagine it to be a killer for screenreader users
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byte::Arc<Eepy> neobot_sign_beep rabiesPride blobhaj_flag_nonbinary @byte@awawa.club
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wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Uutils why is every question i have is answered with "well there isn't a good way yet but here's a horribly looking hack that does approximately what you need"

what a system huh. also i broke it by switching gnome to cosmic, the login screen (greeter) doesn't work. if i do a new installation and just get cosmic (same version) right away then everything is okay. so much for "reproducibility" neobot_woozy

why is it popular again? i thought it's supposed to be good and scritch that perfectionism itch by having good declarative tools and not having to worry about broken states since "immutability" or whatever
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celeste_hearts_lesbianceleste_hearts_transceleste_hearts_demisexual flori_ava_star:~cursor_blinking @star@amazonawaws.com
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@byte Lots of things are confusing and weird about NixOS, but this one is maybe(?) explainable by state that is not declaratively managed by your config
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byte::Arc<Eepy> neobot_sign_beep rabiesPride blobhaj_flag_nonbinary @byte@awawa.club
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@star that vm has zero manual configs, it's just main /etc/nixos/configuration, no flakes, no greeter config edits, no home manager and dotfiles. everything is kept default. mint can change gdm to kdm to lightdm in a span of 5 minutes and it will work, idk what's the unique problem for nix not to die on such a simple task
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celeste_hearts_lesbianceleste_hearts_transceleste_hearts_demisexual flori_ava_star:~cursor_blinking @star@amazonawaws.com
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@byte Idk either; I am too new to Nix to be of any help in troubleshooting neocat_googly_shocked
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byte::Arc<Eepy> neobot_sign_beep rabiesPride blobhaj_flag_nonbinary @byte@awawa.club
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@star dat's okay i'll just use the fresh install, don't mind me shitting on this abomination :3
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celeste_hearts_lesbianceleste_hearts_transceleste_hearts_demisexual flori_ava_star:~cursor_blinking @star@amazonawaws.com
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@byte maybe flakes would even help, given that they pin deps... but nyeh, Iunno, have fun tinkering! /gen neocat_floof_cute neocat__w_
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