After having things explode one-too-many times at this point, I've decided to give Nix OS a serious try. Having to learn another programming language to use my computer does not fill me with joy, but maybe it'll work. Or maybe I'll hate it and just end up switching to something that isn't Linux at all.
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in reply to aaron

I have a semi-standard setup - speakers and screen - and Windows is absolutely abhorrent to use haha. To be fair so is Linux, but at least I can wake up and go to my computer without finding out that it has crashed while I was asleep, or having the computer reboot under my hands whenever I work.

I've heard good things about Solaris? CC @freya mew,,,

in reply to aaron

I just want a GNOME wayland setup with working sound. How complicated is this? It's basically one of the most common setups, yet here we are. Diverge from the "normal" and you end up neck-deep in what am I patching today. It works great on every other system, so that's cool. Just not this one. I should just get a thinkpad and have done with it, lol.
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in reply to the esoteric programmer

@esoteric_programmer There's a mr, gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/… that implements running with virtual monitors. No idea how I'd make it start gdm and then the session this way.
in reply to aaron

If you need a hand, feel free to reach out. I'm still pretty early in learning NixOS too but I was meaning to reach out to you about perhaps trying to spin out a flake that standardised and documented some of the configuration that you and other blind users use to hopefully help reduce the "i downloaded a script from the internet and prayed" factor a bit. I've had a lot of luck with things I need standardised between my laptop and desktop so far. Long term it's even possible to use that flake to export out a custom install disk to help fix issues with getting things installed initially too.
in reply to aaron

Hey there, I have switched to #NixOS recently. I was on #Fedora Kinoite before, which is an "atomic desktop" and was too restrictive to do random standard things.

I try to get my system more stable and less crashy, so I use the linux-longterm #kernel (which did not want to work on Kinoite). This works amazingly well on NixOS.

I haven't understood the language at all, but if you tell me what you need to can see if I can help you write your config.

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