What are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux? elfahor ( @elfahor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago message-square116fedilinkarrow-up1134
arrow-up1134message-squareWhat are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux? elfahor ( @elfahor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) Linux@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago message-square116fedilink
minus-square flashgnash ( @flashgnash@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink6•2 years agoInstalled distrobox on NixOS because I was worried being limited to only nixpkgs and have not touched it once lol Same goes for the windows VM except for the time I needed to run excel macros for work
minus-square null ( @null@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilink5•2 years agoWorried about being limited to only the biggest selection of packages available. Does not compute.
minus-square flashgnash ( @flashgnash@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink3•2 years agoI’d never heard of nixpkgs before so thought it was some small niche thing
minus-square PracticalParrot ( @PracticalParrot@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink1•2 years agoI did on my Nix, there was a package in Nixpkgs that was outdated, so I had the opportunity to use distrobox for that, at leqst temporarily until they update the package.
minus-square rutrum ( @rutrum@lm.paradisus.day ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThats been a fear of mine moving to nixos. Glad to know it’ll cover most of my software needs.
Installed distrobox on NixOS because I was worried being limited to only nixpkgs and have not touched it once lol
Same goes for the windows VM except for the time I needed to run excel macros for work
Worried about being limited to only the biggest selection of packages available. Does not compute.
I’d never heard of nixpkgs before so thought it was some small niche thing
I did on my Nix, there was a package in Nixpkgs that was outdated, so I had the opportunity to use distrobox for that, at leqst temporarily until they update the package.
Thats been a fear of mine moving to nixos. Glad to know it’ll cover most of my software needs.