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Does Nix's break from FHS cause problems? (lemy.lol)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know that a lot of what Nix does is working around its break from FHS, but I can imagine there are still things that seep through. Are there any unsolvable problems due to this?

I saw on this post that it is possible to use FHS on Nix. Does this solve all potential issues then?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Gobolinux enters the room.

Gobo's been around and doing its alternative thing, successfully, for 20 years, so no. It's not a problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh I remember trying this, I should give it another go!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Eh. I didn't personally find that the upheaval added much, and it interfered with my muscle memory working with FHS systems... which are everything else. It didn't add, like, BeOS-levels of drastic benefit in exchange for being so divergent. And it obviously never caught on anywhere else.

Just my experience.