Sayori meme representing Linux users. Sayori is disgusted by text reading “receiving pre-installed bloatware” and instead approves “accumulating bloatware over time”. Bloatware refers to unused packages.

  • bricked@feddit.orgOP
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    22 hours ago

    I actually use NixOS, but my configuration also accumulates packages I will no longer use. Even worse, these packages will be reinstalled wherever I use that config!

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      9 hours ago

      Use nix run/nix shell and only add to the config when you’ve used that a lot for the same command.

      Then clean up the config…someday.

    • a Kendrick fan@lemmy.ml
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      10 hours ago

      You can try deleting old profiles and then garbage-collect the installation, only the last generation will remain and you’d get your space back.

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      10 hours ago

      You can try deleting old profiles and then garbage-collect the installation, only the last generation will remain

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      20 hours ago

      You can get rid of them very easily 😁 You could also have a base config and an extended config