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Re: "Well, I botched my system trying to upgrade from Ubuntu..."
If you want to mess around with Nix just go for it. I’ve never used Nix, but I have used messed around with Guix some and hear the calls to give it a spin on my laptop.
Currently my laptop runs Artix (dinit), desktop Ubuntu, Debian on my two single board servers, and OpenWRT on my router.
For the most part district doesn’t matter, so give Nix a go and if you hate it Ubuntu will be waiting for you
Sep 05 · 3 months ago
Well, I botched my system trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 ahead of release schedule and at this fork in the road I decided to back up the disk then flash a new OS on it. This is raising all sorts of questions like, Which OS should I run and What does my data backup/restore strategy look like? I could have spent time troubleshooting the system, fiddling with config files and reading log files. But I'll be honest, part of me wanted a fresh start. Since I started this draft, I've...
💬 lanterm · 9 comments · 1 like · Aug 31 · 4 months ago