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This week we dig into "Nixbook", a Linux distro designed to make old laptops into Chromebooks. Noah fell down the Nix rabbit hole, and of course we answer your questions. -- During The Show -- 00:50 Generosity Experiencing generosity A bunch of computers about to flood the market 03:50 Mike Kelly (Olympia Mike) Used laptop during Covid19 Became known for used laptops Company gifts used laptops Closing the technical divide Updates Package Confusion NixOS Olympia Mike's nixbook (https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook) How to help out Powerwashing 13:15 Noah's Nixbook Experience Give Noah a toy and remove distractions for 5+ hours Throw out everything you know Where NixOS fits Rollback functionality Going to drive Nixbook till hitting a roadblock Can't live in a flatpak world Ansible is the hammer that hits the most nails How long to get up and running on Nix Have to adopt the "nix way" NixOS Flakes (https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/introduction/) Nix Language (https://nix.dev/tutorials/nix-language) 31:25 N