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What are your favorite Rust-based tools and utilities for the CLI?
  • Had a discussion about this with one of the Nushell contributors, I am conflicted about it. I think the idea of it is somewhat amazing but also somewhat horrendous. I think the concept of this is a step in the right direction in terms of evolving the shell into something better than the traditional shell with concepts from more modern shells, but still has a way to go before adoption is more widespread. My 2c.

  • Why do people still recommend Thinkpads for Linux when there are Linux-oriented manufacturers now?
  • I agree with a bunch of the comments here but wanted to add that there's a decades-long legacy of good FOSS/Linux support on Thinkpads. Before any of these companies existed, Linux was running pretty reliably on Thinkpads.

    I do like the newer options with these newer manufacturers, but I won't be getting rid of my Thinkpads any time soon. I'm running a Framework now too.

  • Can anyone recommend me a setup to virtualize Linux under Windows that runs smoothly?
  • Have you tried installing the respective agents inside the VMs that assists with the guest interfacing?

    • In VMware: VMware Tools
    • In Hyper-V: Linux Integration Services (LIS) or hyperv-daemons
    • In VirtualBox: Guest Additions

    These generally help with the mouse input lag and host-guest interfacing that can be sometimes slow in virtual consoles, etc. I don't know to what degree you consider 'perfectly smooth', so you may be talking about something beyond that but I hope it helps.

  • Can I easily have an encrypted home in WSL?
  • I've read that systemd-homed can do encrypted home directories but I haven't tried it, much less on WSL but that may get you to achieve the encrypted home directory at least.

    Personally I don't think I would have a need to encrypt all of WSL, but maybe that also makes sense for your case.

    ArchWiki example: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-homed

  • What is your unbiased opinion on Manjaro?
  • I've used Arch, Manjaro, and Endeavour. For ease of use it's between Manjaro and Endeavour and I'd pick Endeavour. Arch is great too. When you're ready to go deeper, give it a shot.

  • NixOS as a docker host VM on proxmox?
  • I haven't but would be curious to follow your journey. I'm running a NixOS VM (in Proxmox too) but still learning the basics. My goal initially was a simple utility VM. Separately I've also been moving my Docker host VMs to increasingly better setups and NixOS seems like an interesting next candidate.

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