PSA: DO NOT INSTALL xx.04 releases!!!

  • The .04 stands for “April”, commonly known for “April Fools”.
  • Many projects use the term “LTS”, meaning “Lies, Tricks, and Slander”. So called ‘Enterprise’ users often promote these releases to “own the noobs”. Be warned!
  • jim3692@discuss.online
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    2 days ago

    The Nix package manager can be installed on most distros.

    Keep in mind though:

    • GPU accelerated apps will require nixGL, or symlinking Nix’s Mesa to /run/opengl-drivers
    • Debian 12 has an ancient version of nix, and you need to first grab the nix binaries from the 24.11 channel. Newer channels do not support Debian’s nix
    • Fedora may require to disable SELinux. Otherwise it can be a real pain to properly configure nix