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So I'm kinda liking the idea of a #Declarative OS - that is, one where I can edit a config file (or whatever) to indicate the basic system setup, apps, gsettings (since I'm a Gnomie) and so on. Then hit "Update" or "Deploy" or whatever, reboot, and there's the system, as specified.

THEN... I can take that file over to another computer and BOOM, same setup, same apps, same basic desktop setup, etc.

#BlendOS does this with an easily editable yaml file. #NixOS does this with a .nix file that is significantly more complicated, but also more powerful.

Anyone know any other OSes like that?

The 4 Most Windows-like #Linux Distributions to Try

zdnet.com/article/the-4-most-w

#KDENeon
#LinuxMint
#ZorinOS
#blendOS

#Windows10 end of life is coming in #2025 and that means you have to hope your machine can run #Windows11, buy a new computer, or try something different -- like Linux.

Linux shouldn't be considered a last-choice alternative, either, because it's every bit equal to Windows or #MacOS. It's reliable, secure, user-friendly, and free. What more do you want?

ZDNET · The 4 most Windows-like Linux distros to try because change is hardVon Jack Wallen

So I've tested Guix, NixOS, Universal Blue/Fedora CoreOS, OpenSuSE MicroOS, Nitrux, RLXOs, Moccachino Desktop, VanillaOS, blendOS in regards to immutable desktops. I happen to quite like the vast majority of them.

However, in regards to Flatpak centered ones(Fedora CoreOS and MicroOS come mostly to mind), I find them to be a bit too limiting in regards to both available packages and configuring services except the ones they provide you.

So for instance, if you want to host a #gemini service with those, you'd have to use #podman or #docker. There's nothing with either of those, but in comparison to something like #nixos or #guix, again, I find it to be quite limiting.

I find #blendos really getting somewhere with it's approach to declarative systems. I was able to use #tailscale with it quite easily without fooling around with unsupported methods!

Also, a shoutout to the #systemcrafters community which is orientated toward #guix and #emacs, they're all so awesome!

Anyways, this post didn't really have a point, but yeah, hope everyone is having a decent Monday!

Antwortete im Thread

@pjol @kalpa Sorry for accidentally bothering you with this, & my other recent toots in this chain; i forgot to remove you from the mentions [but have edited it now].

I've used #Distrobox before, successfully, in some non-immutable distros, also #blendOS, so by the time i came to try DB in my "Kalpa2" VM last night & today i thought i knew what to do. Atm i still can't see what i've done wrong.

I'll wait for @kalpa to have a bit of spare time to advise me, given it's their baby & they know it well. Yes me searching for #Aeon DB users is an idea, but given they're two separate beasties by two different Devs/Maintainers i don't feel confident atm that Aeon DB details would be necessarily identical to Kalpa DB details wrt how DB was incorporated into the base system at build time.

Hi all. I daily drive #nixos , but I'm wondering about these containered OS like #blendos and #vanillaOS ( @vanillaos ). First, I see that they both support nix, but has anyone had any experience? I don't see anything in the docs.

2nd I have an old 2017 macbook that I'd like to breath some new life in, but I've never been able to get linux running on it. Anyone have any experience installing either of these on a mac?

At the airport waiting for my mother-in-law's broom to touchdown reading @linuxmagazine. I'm struggling to go all OSS with my learning and future career as a #webDev and I read about this... person who is almost a quarter my age and has written their own smegging Linux Distro! #blendOS

I love the way he casually says "I've been contributing to FOSS since I was 9..." show off 😒

#jealousMuch
Seriously, mad props (is that what the kids say these days?)