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0 pointsrkomorn7mo ago0 comments

For me (recent NixOS user), it's mainly two things:

- for every configuration item in the software I use, I basically need to learn the way to NixOS-configure it (assuming I don't want to raw-configure everything)

- experimentation is onerous (unless there are workflows I don't know), for example: messing with my sway config requires rebuild switches

I'm not bailing (yet?) but the "ergonomics", well, don't feel ergonomic.

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rkomornOP7mo ago

Oh, and the NixOS / HomeManager split feels very funky, but NixOS life without HomeManager seems unreasonable for a daily driver laptop.

nextos7mo ago

What parts of your workflow rely on HomeManager?

rkomornOP7mo ago

sway and waybar's configuration management is better through HomeManager (again: unless I basically raw-configure everything). Not quite sure where in nixpkgs swayidle configs would go, based on the sway module.

Some other user-levels get tossed in there by virtue of "since HomeManager's there, I may as well use it".

It seems that most wiki pages that I see that have both NixOS and HomeManager sections at the very least make HomeManager seem more featureful or flexible.

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0 pointsrkomorn7mo ago0 comments

For me (recent NixOS user), it's mainly two things:

- for every configuration item in the software I use, I basically need to learn the way to NixOS-configure it (assuming I don't want to raw-configure everything)

- experimentation is onerous (unless there are workflows I don't know), for example: messing with my sway config requires rebuild switches

I'm not bailing (yet?) but the "ergonomics", well, don't feel ergonomic.

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rkomornOP7mo ago

Oh, and the NixOS / HomeManager split feels very funky, but NixOS life without HomeManager seems unreasonable for a daily driver laptop.

nextos7mo ago

What parts of your workflow rely on HomeManager?

rkomornOP7mo ago

Some other user-levels get tossed in there by virtue of "since HomeManager's there, I may as well use it".

It seems that most wiki pages that I see that have both NixOS and HomeManager sections at the very least make HomeManager seem more featureful or flexible.

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