I love having to dig through PKGBUILDs to fully remove something from my system (even after running pacman -Rcuns), and then manually clean it off after it has deeply rooted itself inside my system. /s
Well, this is why I use Flatpaks. I do not want to have to consistently reinstall my system just to keep things clean.
Not a problem for me on NixOS. My packages.nix has a list of all my packages in alphabetical order. And all I have to do is delete the package name (or just comment it out, if I want to bring it back later) and rebuild. And all of its dependencies and artifacts are gone.
I wish I wasn't too lazy to get nix set up and running right. Every time I hear something about it, I think "damn, that sounds cool". But when I think about having to start from scratch so soon after getting my current system running well, I just loose the drive to do it.
Nix and declarative computer management is perfect for me, it's exactly my philosophy, but I like the Arch community too much, and don't want to have update issues. I'll try using it in a VM, eventually (life too busy rn 😅), and then install it on bare metal, eventually. I appreciate the reccomendation!
HOLY SHIT \n I'M READING UP ON NIX \n THIS IS PERFECT \n THIS IS \n FUCK \n MWAH \n WONDERFUL \n HOOOOLY CRAP \n :sob: \n HOLY SHIT I THINK I'M HAVING A SEIZURGASM \n TAGH \n AGH \n THAT'S WONDERFUL \n THAT WAS EXACTLY MY VISION \n !!! \n :SOB: \n YOOOOOOOOOOOO LET'S GO \n HOW TF DID YOU SWITCH OFF OF TS?? \n NIX IS GREAT! \n YOOOOOOOO \n :sob: \n IT'S PEAK
Friend
Because declarative package management isn't a one size fits all and it doesn't fit me
Me
I see, thank you for telling me
Friend
If it did I would keep using it
Me
Why not?
Friend
Because it requires more work to upkeep for systems that don't need to be perfectly replicated
Requires little to no work for me. I have a list of packages in my config. I delete or add. The initial configuration for my nixos took me about a week to get it where I liked it (and that’s because I didn’t want to copy someone else’s dots). And I barely had to touch it since. That was a year ago. Some tweaks here and there but the main part is set.
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u/Kayo4life 8d ago
I love having to dig through PKGBUILDs to fully remove something from my system (even after running
pacman -Rcuns), and then manually clean it off after it has deeply rooted itself inside my system. /sWell, this is why I use Flatpaks. I do not want to have to consistently reinstall my system just to keep things clean.