I'm just sad

Posted Oct 1, 2025 16:40 UTC (Wed) by Baughn (subscriber, #124425)
In reply to: I'm just sad by nadir
Parent article: NixOS moderation team resigns

As a European NixOS user, this makes me worry that running the OS is quickly becoming a liability.

What’s your recommendation for an alternate OS?

I'm just sad

Posted Oct 1, 2025 16:50 UTC (Wed) by jzb (editor, #7867) [Link]

Daroc wrote up an article about Nix alternatives / spinoffs last July, here: "Nix alternatives and spinoffs".

Not sure how they've fared in the interim, it might be time to revisit them to see how they've developed.

I'm just sad

Posted Oct 3, 2025 17:41 UTC (Fri) by zahlman (guest, #175387) [Link]

> As a European NixOS user, this makes me worry that running the OS is quickly becoming a liability.

Personally, I can't see a reason why disagreements between other users in "the community" (i.e. the subset of other users who take an interest in posting publicly about their use of the software) should cause a problem for you, no matter what side you take (or whether you care at all about the topic of disagreement). The worst that happens, practically speaking, is that important contributors are sidetracked from development. It's not as if the project will attempt to insert malware targeting people based on their beliefs (as gross a violation of FOSS principles as I can imagine, FWIW) or anything like that. Forks of the project would also struggle to see more active development or maintenance than the original.

Unless, of course, you are dependent on that "community" for technical support, and can no longer feel welcome or heard in its forums....