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Re:Wayland on NixOS: Confusion, Conquest, Triumph by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday July 02, 2023 @11:06AM (#36562101)
I read it that way; it reads as "have fun playing with your broken, useless, toy OS". Traditionally followed by some comment about how they use a Real OS for Serious Work that definitely never breaks (conveniently skipping over the ways it breaks that they have to deal with).
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Re:Wayland on NixOS: Confusion, Conquest, Triumph by velcrovan on Sunday July 02, 2023 @11:32AM (#36562399)
Sorry, I should have included a /nosarcasm tag or something, that is definitely not how I meant it.

I still enjoy the level of sleuthing and tinkering shown in the original linked post, I just choose to spend my time/energy budget on other kinds of challenges, rather than on my personal machine’s operating system. If I had the level of free time I had in my twenties I’m sure I would still be on Linux.

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Re:Wayland on NixOS: Confusion, Conquest, Triumph by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday July 02, 2023 @11:37AM (#36562451)
Okay, that does help to know. It's a weird position IMO (you really spend less time/energy on another OS's quirks?), but it's nice to know that it wasn't intended condescendingly.
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