Post #3508870
2026-07-01 09:26 UTC
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I used Linux, many distros*, as my primary desktop and everywhere else from 1998 to 2012. I used Unix starting in 1982, with Macintoshes off and on since their introduction.
In 2012, I moved my primary "desktop" to a MacBook. I liked it a lot, and a Mac is still my primary desktop. Since I retired in 2015, I maintain very few servers.
So my Linux sysadmin skills have atrophied.
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* #SuSE #RedHat #Debian #Knoppix #Gentoo #Ubuntu #CentOS #SomeOthersIForgot
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@kbob@chaos.social 2026-07-01 09:35
On Monday I decided, for reasons, to set up a Linux workstation on a mini PC. I started with NixOS. I spent the next six hours reading NixOS documentation so I could install Python. After six hours, the docs had taught me a new programming language, explained common pitfalls (so many pitfalls!) in using this language, but had not come anywhere near "type this to install a package". I decided to move on, and overwrote the NixOS image with... 2/N #NixOS