Ok, this requires some explanation:
I was at a party quite recently, and there was a girl reading the “demonic” tarot to the people there. Now, I don’t believe in any of that, but just for laughs, I asked which linux distro I’d be installing this year, to which she pulled the “Lucifer” card. This should be “Death” in the traditional version. She told me it’s related to new beginnings or something like that.
So, I’ve got time to kill, I’m willing to try something new and I’d like to turn this into a self fullfilling prophecy.
Now, I’d like your interpretation. What would this distro be? Because this is a Linux sub-lemmy I’d give preference to linux distros; however I’m also open to any other UNIX-based operating systems if you insist.
It also has to be something new to me. So, no Artix, Debian, Fedora, Mint or Arch btw.
I moved to NixOS this year and it really felt like something new. You need to learn a little functional language for configuration (nix) and can manage your whole computer on a descriptive and reproducible way.
There is also an awesome side effect : packages (and OS configurations) are built the same way as you build your configuration. For me, it meant that it was the first time it was obvious how my distribution works and how I could contribute. It took me about one hour to submit my first ever PR to update a package : https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/290710
Also note that you can experience nix (the package manager) on any distro, if you want a safe try you could for example have fun with home-manager to handle your dotfiles.
I second this. I feel like NixOS embodies the idea of new beginnings, since it’s so designed that you can start over but have everything in one config. “Start new” as many times as you want!