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What's that one feature you liked so much while distrohopping that you want it by default in all distros? (lemmy.ml)
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I have always been discovering new things about Linux distros while distro hopping. And when I get something I really like, I just copy the package name and make sure I install it in every distro I use in the future.

Let me start:

  1. Clipboard manager (Gpaste)
  2. KDE connect
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[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's quite reasonable to switch to Guix, as it too is "a functional distro".

[–] Laser@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I recently tried NixOS and was considering Guix as well, however what made me decide on NixOS was the fact that it doesn't restrict you to free packages by the distro default choice.

Does Guix have an equivalent to flakes or does it even need one? I never looked closer into the design.