2023-01-15 #2

I started using NixOS in 2021. It all began when I was browsing Henrik, the author of DoomEmacs, on GitHub and stumbled upon his treasured NixOS configuration. At the time, I was like:

What? Declarative! Generational! IMMUTABLE! An operating system like this? I was totally blown away!!!

Later, in November of that year, I built a new PC and immediately installed it. Just like when I wanted to learn Vim and installed Vim plugins in all my editors/IDEs, refusing to exit until I got used to them, I dove headfirst into this fascinating new system. After suffering for a while, I still haven’t fully figured it out, but I’ve been enjoying it thanks to Henrik’s configuration. Since then, I’ve been syncing his updates from time to time.

Recently, I noticed that Henrik hasn’t updated his config for several months. I started to worry about his health, but today I dropped into the DoomEmacs Discord channel and saw him telling everyone that his internet was down…

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