NixOS | Linux: The Nvidia Gaming Seductress of Convenience - First Impressions

Per request, I've added the NixOS configuration I used here for those who want to use it as a foundation for building your own: github.com/Obe1sance/AlphaObeisance/tree/main/NixO…

Like you, I used to be an arch person. Now I manage 4 nixos machines from a single flake, all all nixos unstable. Every single one of them is rock solid.

I'm using arch now but NixOS is actually the best OS i've ever used :)

love your enthusiasm. awesome to see you switching :)

You're a great talker and have a very funny personality. Your singing isn't the worst... you do have the spirit, that's what matters, you know. I love your video!

Great video! I've also recently switched to NixOS, and found your insights quite helpful. One request please, could you please increase the font size in your videos? It's a bit hard to look at what's going on

Diving deep into NixOS myself. I jumped straight from Ubuntu over to Nix. My initial frustration was my usual way of compiling programs from source doesn't work. I have to make a flake.nix file or use a dev shell instead. I've been hammering hard for a week learning that stuff so far. It seems like a solid foundation though which is why I feel like its worth it to put in that much effort for it.

Man, it’d be great if you kindly share your configuration I have amd & mvidia laptop and Optimus primes is driving me crazy!

Based we started at the same point went down the same path and arrived at the same conclusion

You got it all about NixOS power :)

As a developer and current Arch User, Nix OS has always had me looking. I personally like Arch, but the mechanics of the PM can be a bit annoying compared to how relatively hands of Ubuntu/Fedora's are, and variants close to them. That said, I look at Nix and I think to myself "This is how programs should be written." I am doing a game in godot and I just compiled it from source, but also I just had a performance dip on PCSX2 (probably a regression somewhere) and yeah, it is always something. If I just had 'rollback', I feel like I would not be as concerned lol. I personally rather use old and stable if it means I do not have to be the first one using new stuff and stumbling through it. Maybe when I build my new machine alongside BSD and PopOS, I will install Nix as my personal development workstation.

So agree with you, Just have to know, and or at least listen to those that know on specific Distro's. like in my case on any flavor of Ubuntu, either you can with the Live USB disk get into grub first and press the E key to edit, and after either nosplash or splash then with a space type nomodeset and ctrl -x or F10 to boot. Then Once you get the OS installed and reboot again back into grub lol and repeat. I know kinda annoying. But you'll thank me, especially if you don't set the nomodeset at grub. Then of course 2 options either you can right away install NVIDIA drivers through, on Ubuntu its "Additional Drivers" and install then, or update the software of the OS and or upgrade to newer releases first and once entirely done, making sure you do that nomodeset at grub setting during whole upgrade/update of OS. I haven't done many distro's but its got to be very similar. Do not go to nvidia website to try unless if ya the hacker type then hack away at getting those to work on your PC, trust me its a lot more work and complicated. I tried it once, did I succeed Kind of but it wasn't perfect, so yea had to remove it and do the former usual way.

thanks for the config

NixOS has been spreading like wild fire through the linux community. I gotta say, i understand the appeal. Just loaded up Endeavor on an old laptop that was laying around and it's been great. But all this NixOS talk is making me want to try that out on my home server. Had Manjaro on their for the last 4 or so years and it's had multiple instances where the order updates are provided breaks the system in a way where it will only update if i remove packages first and then do the update and manually re install said packages. Idk what on earth they've been doing, but if NixOS is really as good as people keep saying, I'm going to have to make the switch soon.

please download a nix language extension for vs code

NixOS! NixOS! NixOS!

Can you play the original Batman Arkham City game on Linux, using NixOS?

I'm an arch fan(and avid distro hoper)I've been looking into nix and it's hard but only because im too stupid lol, definitely gonna switch to nixos, it seems like everything i want and more. but for now it's on a second system as i try to get everything configured.

I see an asciiquarium -t enjoyer, I like.

Flakes, impermanence, disko and ofcourse home-manager.