Thanks to @dimitribouniol and @glacials, we're much closer to the next Cork release! I was finally able to implement the first version of a self-compiled check, which was the only requirement left for the next release.
As promised, both Dimitri and Ben will be getting either a free Cork license or the cash equivalent, as well as a special shoutout in the contributors sections once the feature is fully implemented.
@davidbures@slashtechno for example, as an individual, I would opt-in to donate a humble amount of 1€/month (or little more) for each machine I have #NixOS installed on, and have it distributed between NixOS maintainers and developers of all packages I use.
It is a small and affordable amount for an individual. But, there are thousands of users, and companies could donate more, and this would generate nice monthly income in total.
This is applicable to any #Linux distribution, though.
instead of talking so much about what flakes are for, maybe we should talk more about what they do, because it's actually very little. flakes DO the following:
manage a single, top-level lockfile
force a specific entry point for a Nix expression
change the CLI syntax you use
turn on "pure eval" mode by default
make you git track your files (for git repo flakes)
those are the actual things that flakes effect to Nix code
"there is no moral difference taking money from Anduril or from Microsoft. Microsoft has had multi-billion dollar Pentagon and other agency contracts for many years now, and the things they produce are used wherever the U.S. Government wants to use them, including as tools for war and border control."
100% this. #nixos is so embedded in #github that it is hard to take any complaints about other partners or sponsors seriously.
ME: hm I should make one (1) change to my programmable keyboard.
30 MINUTES LATER: well, my random weird devicemapper issue went away after uninstalling/reinstalling docker and rebooting a few times, but now docker seems to require root, when it didn't before? wtf
Computers may have been a mistake. (Also, it's amazing how far my desire to tinker with my #NixOS setup has plummeted now that the community is splintering.)
So if you are curious about how to package for #NixOs perhaps there is also a project you'd love to contribute to and have in Nix. This is your chance to learn and work with other folks.
:owi: Lix, a community run fork of CppNix and an implementation of the Nix language
➥ @lix_project
「 Lix is developed by a diverse group of users – and accordingly is committed to providing a space that’s safe for users and developers typically underrepresented in technical projects. We take moderation seriously, and are committed to preventing bad actors from driving out marginalized groups 」
I don't actually have time today to work on any side projects, but I thought I'd run through the basic setup steps for MonoGame aaaand
./bin/Debug/net6.0/MyGame
bash: ./bin/Debug/net6.0/MyGame: cannot execute: required file not found
... which required file ._. ???
I think this sort of thing means it tried to dynamically link something and failed. I run into this whenever I try to run loose builds of Linux games on #NixOS, but idk what to do about it.
I'm still stumped on how to get #MonoGame working on #NixOS, but thankfully I have another computer with a real operating system on it, so please enjoy this overwrought Hello World I made using MonoGame tonight:
I've made some progress on getting #MonoGame running on the hell distro! The surprise exit-without-error was a segfault (thanks strace!), which apparently was because #NixOS cleverly hid away udev, which is famously an optional component in all modern Linux distros. Now with that fixed, it simply cannot OpenGL:
"Unhandled exception. Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException: Failed to create graphics device!"
(fails somewhere in MonoGame.OpenGL.GL.LoadExtensions)
And a 3rd one, Monday 13th of May, at BeCentral this time! There will be again pizzas 🍕 paid by the #NixOS foundation (with Vegan options), and I will bring my X230 (on which I installed #Guix last weekend) for a little demo :D