NixOS 22.11 Released With Better AArch64 Support, NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Driver Option

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NixOS 22.11 Released With Better AArch64 Support, NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Driver Option

NixOS as the Linux distribution built atop the purely-functional and declarative Nix package manager is out with a new release to kickoff December...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NixOS-22.11-Released

[flower]

nice, i've just switched my nas over to the new release. went flawless and fast

[fong38]

Switched from Arch to NixOS a couple of weeks ago. Deep learning curve but very much worth it if you want something reproducible with generational + atomic updates and the ability to mix and match different software versions together without issue. I never have to worry about breaking my OS again

[Paradigm Shifter]

I should test this again.

[oleid]

Switched from Arch to NixOS a couple of weeks ago. Deep learning curve but very much worth it if you want something reproducible with generational + atomic updates and the ability to mix and match different software versions together without issue. I never have to worry about breaking my OS again

Uh, same here. Didn't work at first as my hardware was too new, but I switched to the unstable channel and then magically things came together. Now I can probably switch back to stable.

[Kemosabe]

Once I am fluent with their lisp dialect I might be tempted to completely switch over to nixos. It's not like that I am missing outlandish packages in standard repos

[archkde]

Once I am fluent with their lisp dialect I might be tempted to completely switch over to nixos. It's not like that I am missing outlandish packages in standard repos

Nix does not use Lisp. Are you thinking of Guix (the same approach and a fork of Nix, but using Scheme)?

[misuzu]

NixOS gets better with every release.

[misuzu]

Uh, same here. Didn't work at first as my hardware was too new, but I switched to the unstable channel and then magically things came together. Now I can probably switch back to stable.

This should work even on stable:

boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;

[oleid]

This should work even on stable:

boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;

Ah, I tried that, too.
Booting was fine, amdgpu however was too old. And the latest kernel didn't build Nvidia drivers (stupid proprietary stuff, but I still need that until I use this card).