@codemonkeymike If not, and it's just auto-updating...

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If not, and it's just auto-updating Nix but with Flatpak, then I wonder how this compares to e.g. stock Debian with unattended upgrades. In Debian you have distro upgrades, but in Nix you still have channel upgrades - I don't know whether there is a way to automate that in either system.

I guess you chose Nix because of the excitement of atomic upgrades. But I wonder if the average person benefits from this? I have never had to fiddle with a Debian or Ubuntu machine, personally.

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Mike :nixos:

@danielittlewood I've been giving normies Linux mint for years. It's as easy as it gets and people still don't do updates.

With this, they're automatic and in the background. You don't even have to decide to do them or worry about potential conflict messages etc.

It's not for you and me. It's for your parents ya know

17 October at 19:46 | Open on fosstodon.org

Scooter :polyamoryFlag:

@codemonkeymike @danielittlewood I'm an actual parent and am using Cinnamon (albeit I have a tech background). There are still some problems I encounter on an occasional basis, but then again, I am not a typical user of my age. Most older users use their system for a set number of tasks and stick to those; they don't vary things that much from week to week.

17 October at 19:52 | Open on labyrinth.zone

Dan :nixos:

@codemonkeymike
That was why I asked about unattended upgrades - isn't it just a setting on mint you can toggle? On Debian and Ubuntu you certainly can

17 October at 22:19 | Open on fosstodon.org

Mike :nixos:

@danielittlewood but will that actually upgrade you versions? Like from debian 12 to 13? I can't imagine that.. but maybe!

Either way, Nix is also providing some immutability too so people like my dad CAN'T break it even if they wanted too.

And the software store is limited to just whats on flathub.. which is safer for normies

17 October at 22:21 | Open on fosstodon.org