• Pantherina@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    If you are a modder that wants to do stuff like replace the kernel, add in rust coreutils etc, then I think NixOS is indeed better. Have not used it but really want to try.

    Image based Distros are just perfect for people that want to have perfectly reproducible bugs, or in general not many.

    It is a good community concept, but tbh a preset of shared Nix config files could do the same thing too, with ease. Just dont deviate from those configs and you will have multiple people with the same systems.

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      Exactly. The concept is great, but my Guix system (Nix fork from GNU) is already reproducible and capable of rollbacks and transactional upgrades (and declarative system configuration !)

      The learning curve is quite steep tho (the Nix leaning curve is even higher, at least it used to be IMO). If the sway spin of Atomic Fedora was available earlier I probably wouldn’t have switched tbh. Both solutions are great.

      Overall I’m quite happy with my Guix configuration. I’ve got roughly the same configuration on all my systems with ease, all config files (also sway for example) in the same language: Guile Scheme (LISP dialect), and the whole thing is in git. I don’t imagine going back to a regular distribution anytime soon.

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      8 months ago

      Damn, rust really embrace the “Hey, Can I copy your homework?” Meme. I like rust btw, it’s just funny how often I see something along the line of “it’s like X, but in rust!”

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        8 months ago

        I mean coreutils in a memory safe language?

        Rust is the currently most adopted C replacement

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          Rust is the currently most adopted C replacement

          Where’s the data you’re using to measure that?

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            8 months ago

            https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology

            This shows something else. The traditional languages are all more common than Rust.

            I suppose Go could be a good competitor, and I read a thread comparing C=Go, C++=Rust.

            I just see a lot more rust in many projects, and it is well integrated with GTK for example. I also know of several drivers and modules written in Rust.

            At least in Linux, Go seems to be used for WebTech more than for other things.

            I am interested in a discussion about that, as I would like to learn one of these languages, but Rust seems to have a better ecosystem with more adaption, ready GUI toolkits, a Linux Desktop, multiple GTK apps etc. in the making, while for example “Fyne”, Go GUI toolkit (that I found in the Flatpak “Rymdport”) doesnt even have Wayland support yet.

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              This shows something else. The traditional languages are all more common than Rust.

              It’s a survey from 2019, but in those rust is traditionally the favourite language nobody uses professionally.

              I suppose Go could be a good competitor, and I read a thread comparing C=Go, C++=Rust.

              Go’s syintax is C inspired, but it’s not made to replace it, nor do they compete in the same space.

              Look at zig instead of you’re interested in that.

              I am interested in a discussion about that, as I would like to learn one of these languages

              Skip rust unless you have years to get good at it.