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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Your Most Frustrating Configuration Experience? (lemmy.ml)

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What software have you found particularly frustrating or difficult to configure on Linux?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Trying to configure Sway in NixOS. I gave up and just use KDE Plasma. I do miss using Sway from when I used Arch, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I use i3 - Sway is supposed to be 100% compatible with i3 - and I find the configuration file very straightforward. What's different in the version in NixOS?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wild. I used sway for the first time with Nix since I could rollback a misconfiguration.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I got stuck on secrets management. I just could not get network manager to keep my WiFi passwords. I'll probably go back and try again at some point.