2026-08-31 17:22 UTC
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@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org 2026-08-31 17:39
@noodles@social.earth.li I've been thinking a lot about this recently too and mostly agree with what you've written here but I've come to accept that we're currently in a measured retreat and as such it's not going to be realistic to expect a huge debian-like selection of packages/architectures in the slop-resistant future in fact, having a huge selection of packages is turning out to be more of a liability than a strength; we are going to have to batten down some hatches and cut some dead weight or we'll drown
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@jon@activitypub.blankpad.net 2026-08-31 18:57
@noodles@social.earth.li tbh those requirements do scream Debian to me but I’d feel remiss if I didn’t proselytise for NixOS briefly. The stable channels are six monthly releases which get security and bug fix updates but no big changes. It’s a huge change in mindset adopting Nix but I know of very few people who’ve gone back afterwards because it’s just so nice to work with once you’ve picked up the language.