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43 sats \ 4 replies \ @bitalion 18 Sep \ on: Dumbest Tech Mistakes? lol
I started my Linux adventures when I was studying at university. I remember that the first system I tried came on a diskette. The first desktop distribution was Kannopix, based on Debian and it came with KDE 3. I remember that I spent hours trying everything, and I was often frustrated because I couldn't get the graphics to work. But I learned a lot. Although where I work mostly Windows is used, I remain faithful to Linux, which of course is not comparable to that of those years. Today it is more modern and usable. On my laptop I have Debian 12 because if there is one thing I like, it is the stability, and to try other distros I use virtual machines. This has been my adventure.
You bring up a good point. I learned a lot about NixOS in those two days while screaming and stomping around the tiny apartment. If I had remembered about the speakers I would not know nearly as much.
I remember the first time I tried linux (Ubuntu) in probably 2011 or 2012, I couldn't get the printing to work. That's what forced me to give up.
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The thing is that with NixOS everything is done declaratively in the configuration files. You could say that nothing you may have learned about Linux will be of any use to you. That is its strong point but also its weak point, the documentation is not very clear and many in the forums recommend not using it because it is a bit outdated, a project with outdated documentation is a headache. I know that this type of system is the future, immutable systems are here to stay and NixOS contributes a lot. For the moment I continue with my traditional Debian 12 system using BTRFS as a file system and enjoying its stability.
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I'm sure you're right. For me the documentation was useless. I found a really good, detailed youtube video that helped me immensely. A lot of pausing and copying off the screen.