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Abstruse friend @abs@ihatebeinga.live
2y
Linux advice wanted!! If I wanted a low maintenance (and installation effort!) distro that also makes using i3 etc not too much of a pain, what would I use in 2024?
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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist
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Linux advice wanted!! @abs I'm currently using Guix and it doesn't have a GUI for its packages installer, but being transactional it's dead simple to use (e.g. you don't need to give your password to install/update packages).

The package update mechanism is a little bit slow but as far as I remember, I just had to install sway and to run it from the CLI. Be aware that dependency declarations may be lacking…
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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist
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Linux advice wanted!! @abs Anyway it depends on what you call “low maintenance”. It's also dead simple with OpenBSD, that's a core development goal actually, so you just need to add e.g.
permit nopass abs as root cmd /sbin/pkg_add args -u
permit nopass abs as root cmd /sbin/syspatch
permit nopass abs as root cmd /sbin/sysupgrade


to upgrade your system with doas /sbin/pkg_add -u; doas /sbin/syspatch; doas /sbin/sysupgrade.

But you're encouraged to read a 500 pages book, “Absolute OpenBSD”. If you don't know how to enable your mic or your webcam, however, i.e. if you don't read this book, you will end up spending more time troubleshooting your system than using it
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