![](https://lemmy.hacktheplanet.be/pictrs/image/c22f6956-cd95-4f1d-8477-73800555638c.jpeg)
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/eb9cfeb5-4eb5-4b1b-a75c-8d9e04c3f856.png)
8·
28 days agoThe first rule of the Fediverse.
Cyberpunk | Programmer | Ruby on Rails veteran | Nix user | Sysop | Mr. Fusion maintainer for the MiSTer project
The first rule of the Fediverse.
Yeah, removed those colonists with their colonial powers! 💪
NCommander did it for a Christmas charity stream a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/live/tCh0XjyIAKU
I believe there is a much larger, silent majority of nix users, contributors and enthusiasts that are not affected by this drama. Here’s a post that resonates with me: https://nrd.sh/blog/nixos-policy-breakdown/
Over 20 years in this technology space, I’ve come to recognize software built on very solid foundational concepts. Nix is one of those. It’s not going anywhere and neither is NixOS. I encourage anyone interested in Nix to read Eelco Dolstra’s thesis: https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf