2026-10-20 11:57 UTC
Well, that’s why it’s for the purists lol. Depending on the hardware you have/need it really is a pain. I use Guix but i still need the kernel from the nonguix channel. Nonguix does allow you to pick and choose firmware blobs, but on all my machines at the very least i need the amdgpu firmware. Wifi and bluetooth is something you could work around if you really wanted, but getting rid of the gpu firmware requires me to get a different laptop entirely, or in the case of my desktop get a different gpu, but i don’t want to make that compromise cause finding a gpu that doesn’t require that probably cuts into my gaming performance big time.
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@AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 2026-10-20 18:34
How is Guix? I’m on NixOS and have been thinking about making the swap. I set up a VM to fiddle with a bit and try make configs for the transition and noticed some of my existing packages missing, but none of it was anything I couldn’t live without, and I haven’t even checked out nonguix yet. I haven’t done much with it yet, but it at least seems viable.
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@ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 05:46
AMD integrates all of the drivers directly into Mesa by now.