I would make Debian and Arch be deterministic like NixOS, but with a different language and less overhead. I really like the principle but the implementation is subpar.
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Can we get a free software only version of every distro? That's what I want.
Debian is all free software if you just use the main repo and avoid non-free and non-free-firmware.
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A robust way to make an install script on arch Linux.
I would love to see an ostree-based (immutable) Debian for both stable and unstable.
Aside from that, my nitpicks aren't distro-oriented.
Devuan - A better installer like Calamares and stop using backports as default on ISO lol it's a pain to use Ceres from there
Siduction - They should use a bit more ISO's giving 2/3 instead of 5 options to make available more ISO's regularly, obsolete ISO that is updated yearly lmao
NixOS
I love NixOS, but the documentation is terrible. Better documentation would go a long way to making it a more user-friendly platform.
NixOS
Mostly perfect in my opinion but it'd be nice if when they renamed options they didn't deprecate the old option names so old configs still worked
I'd love yearly Debian releases instead of just every 2 years.
I really haven't given nix the language the time it deserves, but I really want nixosr configuration bindings in Python. Yes it makes me want to vomit but I do kind of live and breathe Python these days. Maybe a python nix generator would be more appropriate, either way it would totally destroy the benefits of using nix
Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.
Nix really isn't very difficult, the way you'd use it for a system configuration it's more like a config file than programming
It's mostly stuff like programs.firefox = { enable = true; };
I know, I need to spend some time getting familiar with nixpkgs and nixos :P the mix between config file and programming gets me because I expect a config file to have just one way of doing things.
Afaik generally there is only one way of doing most things
There are a few choices like whether you just want the package installed and left alone or installed and configured with nix
(Adding something to the systemPackages list vs using programs.firefox.enable for example)
You only really get into the really program-ey bits when you start using more advanced features, which you absolutely don't need to to achieve the same things as a normal package manager
I'm by no means an expert but feel free to ask if you need any explanations/help
Lol I appreciate your self awareness! That sounds just like the kind of questionable idea that'd be great for a joke GitHub repo, if nothing else.
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Debian and Arch, for me, tie as my favorite and honestly can't say I would want to change anything as I need to use the technology more before I can critique it like that.
I wish Gentoo would make important information like unmasking packages more easily accessible, like directly into the handbook itself so that I don't have to search how to do it every time I need to unmask a package (I always forget how to).
I also wish alpine Linux had an option to use glibc instead of musl
Garuda. I wish the base install of wine actually worked, and that half the packages in chaotic-aur weren't buggy as fuck or just completely non functional.
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