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Not really surprising though I guess, its the corporate way of doing things.
You do something shady, get called out, apologize in an hand wavy, noncommittal kind of way, promise to do better, and then instead of doing anything wait until it blows over and quietly bring the thing back.
It's really kind of a classic.

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All the #neovim on #nix configuration solutions I've seen so far (github.com/nix-community/nixvi, github.com/NixNeovim/NixNeovim, github.com/nix-community/kicks) feel suboptimal. On one hand, I'd love for nix to manage the plugin lifecycle and, especially, the external binary dependencies. On the other hand, unlike vscode, neovim's configuration isn't declarative, and writing lua code in nix strings just feels dumb.

Also, Lazy's syntax for configuring those plugins is neat.

Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman] - nix-community/nixvim
GitHubGitHub - nix-community/nixvim: Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman]Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman] - nix-community/nixvim

I think the one thing I am not happy concerning NixOS is the lack of a GUI VPN (not Flatpak).

I, know how to use the terminal, but I can repeat how to use it until I am blue in the face, and pass out, but that knowledge and wisdom will wash over the other person who needs it. They'll hear me, but forget the moment I walk out of the room. If it is not graphical, they're not learning it.

#NixOs #Nix #Linux #iVPN #VPN

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There are a lot of people who tend to share their NixOS Configuration files. I think they mean to be helpful, but usually, they filled with so much bloat and random customization, without any documentation on what is optional.

So let's change that and share something simple.

This is pretty much the stock KDE install with the media codecs included, Mesa, Vulkan, Flatpak, and Bluetooth enabled. That's it. The "bonus" was the few OpenVPN packages and iVPN packages (which you can remove if you don't need).

#NixOS #Nix #Linux

🚨WARNING🚨

Apparently some #Nix / #NixOS matrix room(s) have gotten csam spam. I have not verified this claim myself, but honestly, we can all probably just not check matrix for a few days until hopefully things are back to normal.

I do *not* know what utilities #Matrix provides to prevent the proliferation of this information. If you joined the room from a different home server then your server may have synchronized the material to your infrastructure.

I think the safest course of action is not opening a matrix client for a few days...

> Fedora change aims for 99% package reproducibility

Nice, cool. Let's check 🟧.

> I often see initiatives and articles like this but no mention of #Nix. [...] Should it [Fedora] adopt an alternate package manager to achieve this with less headache?

Ah, yes.

Fixing your existing package manager is *clearly* more of a headache than changing the entire package manager.