Post by @hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip

2026-09-17 13:09 UTC

That’s part of the beauty of Linux; power of option. Don’t like the way something is done; do it another way. Don’t like the tool, find a new tool. While I think NixOS is quite cool, absolutely no hate here, I find it isn’t the right tool for me. For my NAS, I only have it mounted to devices that are on network. For my laptop, I have other ways of accessing it. Mainly from my laptop, I have no need for the NAS as the NAS is primarily used by other services hosted on network, and from there I can access the web front end for much of it. So with a simple VPN connection I can access everything.

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@borosilicate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-09-17 14:40

Nice. I like Nix because it allows me to build custom systemd services that just work. I was able to build a systemd service I call “homebeacon” which tells my laptop whether it’s actually on my home network, cryptographically. A responder on my server signs a challenge with an Ed25519 key; the laptop checks four cheap network signals first, then does the handshake. The signature covers the server’s address so it can’t be relayed from outside. The verdict raises or lowers a systemd target. NAS mounts arm when home and go inert when away, so the filesystem doesn’t hang. Battery charges to 80% at the desk, 100% travelling. It doesn’t drive firewall rules, keyring unlock, disk unlock; Nothing a spoofed “home” could turn into access.

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