I’d been hearing a lot about NixOS so I did a VM install. It wanted me to setup my own partitions manually without even giving preset sane defaults like I was back in 1994 installing Slackware.
This is the opposite of me. I always get nervous when I don’t have precise control over how the disk layout looks. I explicitly decided for the non-graphical installer when I first downloaded NixOS
You’ve obviously never used nix, it’s GUI installer can auto configure just fine.
When your OS AND apps are declared and stateful a lot of risk and complexity is removed. Configuring is just a bad experience with poor usability and worse documentation.
I’d been hearing a lot about NixOS so I did a VM install. It wanted me to setup my own partitions manually without even giving preset sane defaults like I was back in 1994 installing Slackware.
Nope. My OS is a tool, not a lifestyle.
There is a Gnome/KDE installer too now ;)
This is the opposite of me. I always get nervous when I don’t have precise control over how the disk layout looks. I explicitly decided for the non-graphical installer when I first downloaded NixOS
My OS is also a tool!
Those jerk OSs and their bullying!
The obvious sane default is 1 partition covering the whole disk, + EFI system partition. What’s there to offer…
Encryption? Also you’re assuming there’s only one block device…
assuming the person before did not just mean partitioning, but also all other storage-related tasks
I mean, if we’re talking sane you shouldn’t need more than one partition.
I need to compile my kernel… by hand with tools from beige-age computing.
So? If that’s too much for you, use Chrome OS
Sounds like you haven’t done it in a while. It has calamares installer now.
Slackware still does that in 2024.
How long ago did you try? You should try again, I did not have this experience setting up with the graphical installer a few weeks ago.
You’ve obviously never used nix, it’s GUI installer can auto configure just fine.
When your OS AND apps are declared and stateful a lot of risk and complexity is removed. Configuring is just a bad experience with poor usability and worse documentation.
Where do you draw the line though between tool and lifestyle? At setting up partitions (which is a trivial thing I would not mind at all)?