@yoshuawuyts completely customisable OS — check my laptop's config! kernel patches, modified OpenSSH, vim config — it's all in there
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@yoshuawuyts also instant rollback, incorporating arbitrary packages into my distro easily2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@FrozenFire :O I thought that Nix also allowed that... But guess I was wrong. That sounds super tasty1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@yoshuawuyts sure, Nix provides instant rollback, but NixOS lets me do it for my entire system1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@yoshuawuyts new kernel tweak breaks my system? roll back, have another go at it1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@yoshuawuyts I can boot my system from a week ago, I have some alternate boot profiles for experiments like https://code.nathan7.eu/nathan7/nixos-xen-uefi …, etc1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@yoshuawuyts this is all super neat for my laptop (my system is more reliable over time than ever, more hackable than ever)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@yoshuawuyts but it really shines when you're deploying hundreds of machines on AWS, running a carefully selected+tuned combo of software1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@yoshuawuyts literally no component on the system I can't patch instantaneously, and I can roll out patches instantly, deterministically2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@yoshuawuyts it takes me ~10m to roll out a security patch, while other people anxiously await their distro's security team's response1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@FrozenFire this is major! So stoked to try it out
12:17 AM - 16 Mar 2016
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