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Have you tried NixOS? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 80 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I'd been hearing a lot about NixOS so I did a VM install. It wanted me to setup my own partitions manually without even giving preset sane defaults like I was back in 1994 installing Slackware.

Nope. My OS is a tool, not a lifestyle.

[–] Chef6652@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

There is a Gnome/KDE installer too now ;)

[–] Laser@feddit.org 21 points 1 month ago

This is the opposite of me. I always get nervous when I don't have precise control over how the disk layout looks. I explicitly decided for the non-graphical installer when I first downloaded NixOS

[–] cizra@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The obvious sane default is 1 partition covering the whole disk, + EFI system partition. What's there to offer...

[–] Laser@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

Encryption? Also you're assuming there's only one block device...

assuming the person before did not just mean partitioning, but also all other storage-related tasks

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago

I mean, if we're talking sane you shouldn't need more than one partition.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

My OS is also a tool!

Those jerk OSs and their bullying!

[–] noobface@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I need to compile my kernel... by hand with tools from beige-age computing.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

So? If that’s too much for you, use Chrome OS

[–] qqq@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

Sounds like you haven't done it in a while. It has calamares installer now.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

Slackware still does that in 2024.

[–] turnipjs@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

How long ago did you try? You should try again, I did not have this experience setting up with the graphical installer a few weeks ago.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

it wanted me to setup my own partitions manually

You've obviously never used nix, it's GUI installer can auto configure just fine.

When your OS AND apps are declared and stateful a lot of risk and complexity is removed. Configuring is just a bad experience with poor usability and worse documentation.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Where do you draw the line though between tool and lifestyle? At setting up partitions (which is a trivial thing I would not mind at all)?