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Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux!
  • Nix has an ephemeral command to "install" packages to try out before installing permanently. nix-shell -p <package> will install the package, and drop you into an ephemeral shell to test it out. Exit the shell and it's gone.

    It's also possible to install permanently straight from the CLI, but that ruins composability. To each his own.

    My bigger problem w nix is the lack of FHS and the hoops you have to jump thru to get a non standard app to work.

  • Does anybody here use Mycroft voice assistant? How does it compare to Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant?
  • From memory, they got sued for patent infringement from a patent troll, and had to end the project(at least as far as the hardware goes). No idea how much or if any of it is true. The project is still available as open source. Runs reasonably well on a raspberry pi. Setup can be a little finicky for the microphone.

  • How to browse ipfs:// ?
  • Depends on the browser. I know brave has support for direct ipfs links. There may be others. Chrome & Firefox do not iirc. It looks like you'll need to use a ipfs gateway. I'm on my phone, so I don't have any gateway links handy. Search for ipfs gateway on your favorite search engine. Paste your link there, you should be good to go. I think you can browse vain the ipfs desktop app, if that's an option, but its been a long time since I looked at it, so i could be wrong there.

  • What do you do when Nix isn't worth the time?
  • I went a different route, but I might be an idiot. Had problems getting mongodb to work It's not open source, so it's not in the cache. My install wouldn't compile, and it seems I'm no alone in this. I setup kvm (libvirt), installed a debian 12, and installed mongodb. It works. I don't particularly like it this way, but it works. I'll probably move away from Mongo eventually. Until then, I'll just leave it as is.

  • Is anyone using NixOS as their daily driver?
  • Data wise, it's mostly the same. i use syncthing to a couple different systems, one of which is essentially a storage server. The main difference for me is the app installations. apt install all the apps, then configure each. Kills a whole day for me. I'm sure it can be automated, maybe ansible / salt / . But the way I use it, Nix enforces that I always update my configs in a manner that is easily restorable.
    Copy my backed up system into /etc/nixos/
    Run nixos-rebuild boot. Reboot.
    Setup syncthing. ? Profit

  • Is anyone using NixOS as their daily driver?
  • This is similar to my story. I installed it on a laptop. Got really frustrated with it, and went back to arco for a while. Took the full plunge a couple months later, and decided I'm just gonna do it, torpedoes be damned. no regrets now.

  • Is anyone using NixOS as their daily driver?
  • Been daily for a while now, came over from Garuda, and a few other Arch derivative before that. NixOS is 99.9% fantastic. Lenovo carbon X1 Gen 6. Runs great. Newer custom build higher end desktop with AMD 7900RX GPU. Also runs great. I have a feeling it'll run great on pretty much anything.

    The package store is amazing. The package store absolutely dwarfs the AUR. That being said, it seems a lot of the store packages are support / dependency packages that you wouldn't install standalone.
    I always had a concern in the back of my mind with the AUR. Is the package trusted by multiple people?
    I've not had to rollback much, but it's SUPER simple, and takes seconds for the most part. A reboot at the most.

    Things I wish I knew: I run declarative for everything, rather than imperative. Therefore, small changes are a tiny bit more of a hassle. Example: changing the hosts file. Rather than a quick hosts file edit and done, it's a quick edit of the system configuration file, then a nixos-rebuild switch. Nearly any change is like this. (I've not moved to flakes yet.)

    if you have any shell scripts, and they're hard-coded to the env: #!/bin/bash, #!/usr/bin/zsh, etc.. you'll need to port those over to #!/usr/bin/env

    appimages are well supported, but I ran into an issue where a custom appimage that someone else wrote won't authenticate correctly because the browser isn't included in the environment. I could t-shoot it more, but just too damn lazy to care.

    The local storage location for apps can get huge rather quickly, as each iteration/change is stored for rollback purposes. Make sure to setup a garbage collection schedule with whatever your comfortable with.

    Would i recommend? Depends on your patience and prior experience. NixOs is VERY VERY different than arch or pretty much any other distro, even other immutable ones. It takes a bit to get your head wrapped around it.

    I saw someone say start with Nix (the package manager) on your current distro, learn the ropes, add in pieces like Flakes and Home Manager as you learn. Learn the Nix language. And then move to NixOS. Probably good advice.

    I ignored all of that. Jumped in head first. Lots of frustration in the beginning. But now... I won't be going back to a standard linux distro.

    Immutability makes me warm and fuzzy. Being absolutely sure that I can easily recover from a boneheaded mistake. Beautiful. Hard drive shits the bed? Drop in a new one, apply my configs, and I'm right back where I was within 30 minutes, complete with all data, apps installed and configured? Priceless.

  • YSK: Garuda Lunux default browser (FireDragon) contains problematic extensions

    Google, Amazon, Bing extensions have been added to Firedragon browser. These do not show up under "Addons and Themes". I only found them in "about:debugging"

    This is a default install, with default settings. It is completely unaltered from what is shipped w/ Garuda. It does seem to be related to search provider settings.

    Though Garuda is not a privacy based distro, FireDragon is based on LibreWolf. It seems the Garuda team decided to add these extensions in after the fact. Default Librewolf does not contain these extensions. (or at least the flatpak version I installed to verify didn't)

    This may, or may not, directly affect your privacy. I would guess that info is only sent to these providers if they are specifically requested. But it is JUST a guess.

    I'm sure this has been done to monetize the distro, provide support, yada yada.

    I personally do not care what the reasoning, or whether or not any information is sent to providers. I will be moving away from Garuda ASAFP. If they do this, what else has been done?

    As always, stick w/ recommended on privacyguides.

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    I've upgraded my GPU. And could use some help...
  • Bringing this over from the site that shall not be named.

    you probably need to update mx-packageintaller-pkglist, current version is 22.11.01mx21 if you don't have that and it doesn't upgrade you might want to change the repo (try MX Repo Manager) refresh and try to upgrade again, then after you update that it should be available in "Popular Applications" tab in MX Package Installer.

    Dunno if it will help in your particular situation, but it might keep someone else from going to deddit in the future.