#nixos users, if you're trying some new software that's available both in nixpkgs and flatpak, and both are kept up to date well enough, do you have a preference for which you use?

In my case running on nixos-unstable I often have to comment out packages when there are build failures, so I've been leaning more and more on flatpaks to get around that, but I'm curious how others decide between nixpkgs, flathub, appimages, or whatever else

I wrote down a few of my thoughts on #NixOS

https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2025-07/22-some_thoughts_on_nixos

#blogpost

I packaged one of my favourite childhood games, Boulder Dash for Nix. Do you guys think there's any interest to make it an official package?
It's called gdash, and it's a close-to-the-original remake!

#retrogaming #nixos #c64 #boulderdash

One of the facets of being an #ArchLinux user for so so many years is I just pay zero attention to any distros, ever...

I keep seeing #NixOS mentioned all over the place, and now I see noise being made about #CachyOS

I don't think I'd ever bother to change, but I feel like I should be better informed about the options in the market

#linux

Linux Distros for Gaming: CachyOS Takes Over according to ProtonDB (and Ubuntu goes down the drain): https://boilingsteam.com/distro-for-gaming-cachy-os-takes-over/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #foss #gaming #distro #cachyos #nobara #ubuntu #bazzite #fedora #mint #nixos #archlinux

Attention #nix #nixos nerds who want to help an open source project that will enable more people to use and enjoy #linux at a VERY critical time.

I need your help!

I have have a repo for a #nixbook installer that I want to customize to make it much easier for newcomers to install.

I believe this is possible but outside my expertise.

I've broken up what I'm looking to do in 2 separate issues.

If you can help, I (and the world) would be so grateful!

https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook-installer/issues

> #NixOS is a terrible solution rather than a reproducible one. Adding a layer of complexity to simple text files that can be easily edited and having thousands of links that are links to other links is just stupid. Filling up disk space like crazy and using more machine resources on trivial tasks is not an elegant solution. Editing configuration.nix or any other module, reading all the idiotic variable definitions that were invented to change a simple variable in a text file, is boring.

lol

Finally got my @frameworkcomputer Laptop 16 today. Just a few tweaks to my NixOS setup and I'm good to go. Pretty happy with it so far.

#nixos #framework #framework16

Alt...

Picture of the Framework logo from the top of the Framework Laptop 16.

🧵 Neue Folge autoweird.fm!
#112 – De-Googling: Detox fürs Digitale

Benedikt trennt sich von Big Tech, schwärmt von NixOS (mal wieder), bastelt am Heimserver und erklärt, warum man lieber auf Signal tippt statt auf WhatsApp zu fluchen. Holger bleibt bei Apple – und ist trotzdem happy.

🎧 Jetzt hören: https://autoweird.fm/2025/05/13/folge-112-de-googling-detox-fuers-digitale/

#Podcast #TechPodcast #DeGoogling #NixOS #GrapheneOS #Selfhosting #MastodonTech #autoweird

I've been working with #Linux Distro package mantainers to package my software #exfetch

- Someone made an #alpinelinux package: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/merge_requests/86271
- A #NixOS #nixpkg: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/420636
- An #archlinux #aur package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/exfetch
- I've also been working on an #OpenBSD port/package on the ports@ mailing list: https://marc.info/?t=174882828000001&r=1&w=2

any other packagers for various Linux distros or *BSD systems have at it!

I'm once again asking if anyone here knows how best to make a custom #nixos installer, that customizes the #calamaresinstaller to remove some options, and run a script post install that will patch something into the config.

I have a repo where I can build the gnome installer, but can't figure out how to customize it. I've chatgptd and googled.

Any good resources on this?

https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook-installer

Tfw you just want to roll out a minor configuration change to your #nixos setup but you’ve git pulled and your steam deck wants to rebuild Linux and mesa.