Hi everyone!

I saw that NixOS is getting popularity recently. I really have no idea why and how this OS works. Can you guys help me understanding all of this ?

Thanks !

  • TrippyTortuga
    51·
    2 years ago

    I will switch as soon as I can get proprietary Nvidia drivers to work on my laptop.

    • Speedmaster
      11·
      2 years ago

      That is the main reason I can’t use my laptop with linux. It has a 3060 in it. I work as a dev and need to use 2-3 external displays with my laptop. The driver combined with x or wayland is atrocious, I tried 20 distros and I can’t get it to work. The saddest thing is that none of the tech is exotic in any way. It’s just HDMIs and AOC 24 inch monitors…

      • TeaEarlGrayHot@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 years ago

        Same here, I’ve got an eGPU connected to 3 external monitors and lack of hotplug is killer. I have spent hours working with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, PopOS, Fedora, etc. to try and get hot plug/unplug to work–the best one so far is Kubuntu with open source drivers, as long as no programs are running when I unplug it it doesn’t crash half the time!

        Windows works flawlessly, even if a program is using the GPU it’ll kill that program but the OS and all other programs will keep running. As soon as I can get that working in Linux, I’ll use it full time–I’ve already adapted my workflow over to cross-platform apps (LibreOffice, Logseq, Joplin, Thunderbird, Firefox, FreeCAD), and the fact that I’m sticking with Windows just for eGPU support is annoying

      • TrippyTortuga
        21·
        2 years ago

        To clarify, Manjaro Linux with proprietary drivers works just fine with my 3070m. It’s NixOS that doesn’t work for some reason.