Get in loser • Steve Simkins

A meme I sent to my buddy Matthias after getting NixOS pilled. Here’s where I’m at so far:

I liked the idea of using NixOS for the ability to programmatically render my setup with 100% certainty.
Currently my home server runs on Arch (btw) which has been great, but after the massive AUR worm, I’m wondering if something more specific is the better route.
One day I’d like to go full time Linux and downgrade my phone to a dumb phone. Will that ever happen? Hard to say, but I kinda want to have a system that will be dirt easy to install on a new machine.
I don’t have any spare hardware other than a Raspberry Pi which has been noted not the best way to get started with NixOS, so I’m currently doing some experimenting with VirtualBox.
The plan is to recreate my Arch home server setup on this virtual machine as much as possible over the next month or so. It should give me a good idea if I want to continue with this kind of setup or if I should stick to a classic symlink dot files approach. However I will say I’m already having my eyes opened and it is freaking sweet.

Anyway that is partly why I’ve been so quiet. I also started reading The Count of Monte Cristo so maybe see you in a few months lol.