Have you tried it as a package manager first? This gets you a lot of the benefits without having to deal with hardware issues.
The nonguix channel is where you want to go for those.
systemcrafters.net has an excellent guide for how to install on hardwared
@monkey1 Jokes on you,
It is already being installed. Well. More like, I am already in GNOME there (GNOME is kind of my fallback on laptop, unlike desktop), and how did I work around network issues?
Blessing of multiple phones, means I just use one for USB tethering.
Anyhow, right now, I am waiting for system to get reconfigured with the config.scm that does use nongnu linux.. with firmware and such.
Anyhow, I appreciate suggesting just package manager, but, that method didn't work with Nix either. So.. going all in (And, it works because its on laptop, so, for most stuffs, PC exists. Laptop, here be dragons! Experiments!)
Also, systemcrafters.. man, what an amazing person. It is thanks to him, that I am actually capable of using emacs, and using it without any frameworks like doom (Doom is amazing, but, in the end, I find plain emacs much more comfy)
Also also also, ended up going with BTRFS, because compression, and such, and it has been in kernel for a long time.. so surely, it will work nicely this time.
Nyoelle
Andres Moreno