The Picard Maneuver
Your car is here.
Feb 20 at 2:27pmWeb
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Show threadZangooseFeb 20
Nah NixOS is a picture of a factory automatically making cars
Show threadPrunebuttFeb 20
That’s actually a realy good comparison!
Show threadRustyNovaFeb 20
More exactly, the typewriter used to send commands to the car factory. Steampunk style
Show threadw3ird_slothFeb 20
3D printing cars.
Show threadhamFoilHatFeb 20
“I want to change the radio station, get me a new car!”
Show threadZangooseFeb 20

Ok but the radio station change might cause my car to spontaneously combust so I should make a new car from scratch with my car factory just in case, that way I’ll still have a car.

Never change, NixOS

Show thread∃∀λFeb 22
You wouldn’t download a new car each time you want to download a new car.
Show threadArkhiveFeb 20
Show threadjuipeltjeFeb 20
I like to think it’s fitting for the analogy that with NixOS/Guix, you get access to the entire factory to build your car, since you pretty much have a framework at your disposal to build up your system how you want it.
Show threadregenwetterFeb 20
Debian should be a small truck (i.e. one that’s actually used for cargo, not as a penis prosthetic), and the bottom right is clearly Gentoo!
Show threadThe Picard ManeuverFeb 20
I can’t remember the name of it, but there’s one type of inexpensive small truck that I see people wishing for in the US constantly. Very utilitarian and barebones.
Show threadPennomiFeb 20
Show threadThe Picard ManeuverFeb 20
That’s the one!
Show threadALoafOfBreadFeb 20
It’s a type of kei car
Kei car - Wikipedia

Show threadRicky RigatoniFeb 20
These kinds of trucks are called kei trucks.
Show threadDigitFeb 20
Alpine?
Show threadKazuyaDarklightFeb 20
Kei Truck
Show threadnegativenullFeb 20
1995 Toyota Hilux
Show threadteftFeb 20
All i see is a technical waiting to be born.
Show threadnegativenullFeb 20
That fits the vibe of Debian very well!
Show threadtensorpuddingFeb 20
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as a technical, is in fact, GNU/Technical, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Technical. 
Show threadnegativenullFeb 20
Show threadhansoloFeb 20
No one realizes how perfect of a choice this actually is.
Show threadnegativenullFeb 20
Show threadhansoloFeb 20
Best episode they ever did.
Show threadnegativenullFeb 20
Agreed
Show threadtalFeb 21

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk

Killing a Toyota Part 1 | Top Gear | BBC

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPnIpjodA8

Killing a Toyota Part 2 | Top Gear | BBC

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnVZXQD5_k

Killing a Toyota Part 3 | Top Gear | BBC

Killing a Toyota Part 1 | Top Gear | BBC

YouTube
Show threadHaraldvonBlauzahnFeb 22
Can you explain why? I am from Germany … we don’t have that kind of pickup.
Show threadhansoloFeb 22
You likely had it 20+ years ago, especially in the mountains. The Hilux pickup is fairly indestructible. Top Gear did an episode where they tried to kill one (linked below in other comments) and couldn’t. It’s rather impressive. I’ve seen the same exact model rolling around Africa and the Balkans today. ISIS fighters were known for using them as platforms for large-caliber guns. It’s all about basic utility, stability, Toyota parts are easy to swap out, and adaptability to anything you feel like bolting on to it.
Show threadDigitFeb 20
devuan
Show threadExLisperFeb 20

Please…

Show threadquediuspayuFeb 20
For some reason I associate the colour red to the Renault Express. C15 is off white.
Show threadWFHFeb 20
C15 was probably white in 1986 and is now a mixture of dirt, moss, rust and soot. And somehow still works perfectly (except for the radio).
Show threadMonkderVierteFeb 20
Debian with a facelift, that’s Ubuntu, no?
Show threadsepiFeb 20
Perfection. I have moved with one of these.
Show threaddrcobaltjediFeb 20

Ehhh, I think Debian should be like a 10-15 year old civic or something. You know an “ol’ reliable” type. It isn’t up to date and it’s not flashy, but it works and it works well.

Mint would probably be like a 2 year older version but with a fresh coat of paint and a lifted suspension.

Show threadonehundredsixtynineFeb 20

Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup.

Volkswagen Caddy - Wikipedia

Show threadGreyscaleFeb 20

Arch is kinda more like looking at a catalogue of parts.

Endevour is the same catalogue of parts, but with a flier inserted with a “recommmended loadout” where you can just check some boxes and get whatever it was you wanted, but the doors there to sawzall the trunk off and attach a cargo box if you want.

Show threadVoroxpeteFeb 20
Gentoo is just a pile of steel and aluminum beams, a few drums of oil, a cow, and a note that reads “Good luck.”
Show threadnotthebeesFeb 20

That’s lfs. Gentoo is a kit car like the Blakley Bearcat.

That’s LFS

Show threadGreyscaleFeb 20
I was just about to write Linux From Scratch
Show threadabbiistabbiiFeb 20
In my experience, Arch (with pacman at least) is like clipping lego bricks together. Like “Oh, a wanna do this? Best get that”.
Show threadGreyscaleFeb 20

Yeah, I moved over from Ubuntu after desnapping my system got too irritating.

Its legobricky indeed

Show threadabbiistabbiiFeb 20
It’s kinda fun in that sense, like “oh I wanna try this, lemmie see if it’s in the repos and it is” and then it’s a four word command at most.
Show threadj4yc33Feb 20
Linux From Scratch
Show threadSkullgridFeb 20
the finnish origins of both makes it extra good
Show thread☂️-Feb 20
fun game!
Show threadmercFeb 20
Interesting game, but they seemed to intentionally make it as anti-fun as possible. Assembling the car was cool. But, everything you had to do to get the car parts, keep yourself alive, etc. was pretty tedious.
Show threadJATthFeb 20
Holy fuck this made me laugh my ass off. (btw, if make any videos My Winter Car I’ll be watching because that is an accurate description of my life at the moment.)
Show threadslothropFeb 20

J.R. ‘BoB’ Dobbs uses Slackware:

Tho’ sometimes he’ll drive:

Show threadPossibly linuxFeb 20
My question is why the archlinux oci image is so massive. Isn’t arch support to be minimal
Show threadalekwithakFeb 20
Fedora
Show threadcorsicanguppyFeb 20
You confused fedora with RHEL (before 6)
Show threadalekwithakFeb 20

No, I’m just old 😢

Or maybe yes, I’m just old idk 😭

Show threadDigitFeb 20
BedrockLinux?
Show threadalekwithakFeb 20

???
Show threadDigitFeb 20
I think you do not know what BedrockLinux is.
Show threadalekwithakFeb 20
Show threadDigitFeb 20

Still wrong bedrock.

Next you’ll be showing me a block of