> > > > > i'm ill right now but a fun thing is that i tried nix again a few > > > > > days ago! > > > > > > > > > > it's lots of fun to go like `nix run nixpkgs#vim` (when you don't have > > > > > vim installed) and have it boot it up. > > > > > and the nix people (;as we know) made deterministic builds ! > > > > > > > > > > i installed nix on my phone and in wsl ubuntu, then i uninstalled my > > > > > packages so i'd get to use nix instead .. ummmm pretty edgy to do that > > > > > ... uhhhh > > > > > > > > > > anyway nix isn't very good at storage management, which is something > > > > > that's on my long term. it doesn't even attend to free space when > > > > > filling its cache. nor does whereever it downloads builds from seem to > > > > > have thge stuff that installs by default (maybe cause it installs the > > > > > latest version by default not sure) .. > > > > > > > > > > anyway that was cool to try nix. i was thinking m-- > > > > > > > > so obviously nix is missing a p2p package store for the cache by > > > > default and likely the reason for that is that people really enjoy > > > [whoooooops oooops ? > > > > reverifying the deterministic builds. it's valid to check them so much > > > > because it took so long to implement, indicating somebody causing > > > > binary corruption -- and we know there's been extensive binary > > > > corruption from the computer virus development history > > > > anyway nix is right in line with my philosophy in areas others agree > > with but i don't tend to have the free space to use it [appropriately > > -- uh oops ... uh ... > > oh also nixos is an operating system designed to directly address > problems with mainstream computer software > meanwhile alexander nix was a mid-level criminal businessman who was > convicted of international bad stuff, completely different, people > don't agree with that guy. can be confusing. > gotta specify nixos when making vague sentences
>( anyway rep was to support nixos! since i ran out of space after like installing 2 packages i figured i needed some kind of infrastructure to make storage work, and rep's focus on abstraction makes it much more useable for unknown things that work better than other things
