Re:The Polyglot NixOS
by clhodapp on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @03:06PM
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Agree to disagree, I guess.
I've found three "hotspots" that break Ubuntu at a pretty high rate of incidence:
1) Upgrading to the next distro release
2) Installing or updating Nvidia drivers using the built-in management tool
3) Changing to a different kernel "series" (such as switching to a hardware enablement kernel)
In all these cases, I've found that the process stands a solid (hand-waving: 20%) chance of stopping in the middle, requiring manual resolution of broken packages.
I've found three "hotspots" that break Ubuntu at a pretty high rate of incidence: 1) Upgrading to the next distro release 2) Installing or updating Nvidia drivers using the built-in management tool 3) Changing to a different kernel "series" (such as switching to a hardware enablement kernel)
In all these cases, I've found that the process stands a solid (hand-waving: 20%) chance of stopping in the middle, requiring manual resolution of broken packages.