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the date is march 19, 2020
this post is about my utter misusage and switch away from nix os

okay so, nix os just isnt for me
id used it for a good few months but ngl, i was startin to have some issues with it

one thing: (i dont know why)

nix really works well if you know exactly what you want on your system going in and arent 
going to be making many changes

well guess who keeps wanting changes

anyways nix has a built in thing for non-declaritive package management (aka the way most 
oses do it) which is called "nix-env"

nix-env is absolute garbage and 9/10 times will ruin your install

yeah guess who also used nothing but nix-env to install stuff

it got to the point where nothing would update since nix is one of those package managers 
where if one thing fails, everything fails

i still do like the nix build system but on an os level? not for me, chief

anyways im back on openbsd which has always been one of my favorite operating systems and 
im pretty comfortable for now.

only problem is that urbit and some other stuff i use a lot doesnt run on bsd but thats 
alright.

thats why virtual machines exist :^)

also dont worry i did back everything up beforehand. im getting better about that, 
especially now since im getting into urbit, ipfs, and other stuff where i really dont 
want to lose anything.

and if i do lose it then i get punished quite a bit.

anyways enough for me today.

ill ramble again some other time

good night phlogosphere

ill see you tomorrow

:wq