Linux

Phase I: Discovering Linux Abandoning MacOS The first Linux desktop Distro hopping From Debian-base to Manjaro Gaming on Linux Phase II: Tiling windows and dotfiles Tiling window managers QTile Off the beaten path: Arco Linux Establishing dotfiles Phase III: Mastering Arch Daring Arch Learning how to solve problems Versioning packages Managing two systems Phase IV: Declaring reproducibility The final distro hop: NixOS Settling on NixOS Switching to Flakes Killer feature: Generations Phase V: Nix verstehen Flexing the nix muscles home-manager - declare the user-space hyprland & waybar - a modern environment nh - the nix helper stylix - theme everything MVP: Vimjoyer Epilog OpenSource, for me, really began with Linux....

When learning technology, I’ve tried to seek out projects that will be around for a long time. The origin story I used to be a Windows/MacOS user like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee. Windows was the default. What I - and probably you - grew up with. Not a concious choice, just a matter of fact. Then I “emanzipated” myself and “graduated” to MacOS. In the early 2010s, you were some kind of hipster if you used Apple....