I think immutable is great for everyone, I struggle to find a point against it but maybe I’m a supernoob too hahaha (I use NixOS, btw)

Yeah some people for sure will come to Linux, and that’s good. Maybe that PewDiePie video (as much as I don’t like it) will have some impact too.

The biggest hump is probably video games, even I do most of my gaming on Windows. I guess Valve is making really good progress there, but I don’t think we’ll see mainstream Linux native game development any time soon.

Also, sounds like there are some cool people at your university!

Heck yeah! I hear a lot of people go to Mint as their first Linux distribution. I don’t know what the experience is like now, but it’s probably good for newcomers. I think EndeavourOS is another good one. Right now I’m fully invested in NixOS, but it’s not beginner-friendly at all. I think it’s the best OS out there right now, though, so feel free to check it out!

Why is everyone so sure that W10 support ending will have its users stampede towards Linux? I think most users don’t care about support and will happily run an outdated OS. They’ll probably switch to Apple if they are concerned with that. Am I being too pessimistic?

I read your issue and you left some great advice. Thank you for taking the time to write something thoughtful! As you probably guessed I really had barely any idea of how the module system worked, but it’s nice seeing it’s a bit similar to Rust’s. I will look into the switch script, which will be convenient, and apply your suggestions, since I basically agree with all of them 🙌

You’re missing out man, I’ve been daily driving NixOS for almost two years now and I can’t go back. It’s not that complex to set up and it’s great knowing most of what’s on your system at a glance by looking at a config file.

It’s a bit LMAO-worthy, yes. I have it mostly out fear some sofware might break on Hyprland at a bad time, and because I’m too lazy to look for some basic utilities separately.