# I run NixOS BTW URL: /show/linux-unplugged/455/ > We've hit a bump in the road with the NixOS challenge, and share what it might not be great at. Plus, what we didn't cover in our Ubuntu 22.04 review. - Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/) - Episode: 455 - Date: 2022-04-24 - Hosts: chris, wes, brent - Guests: alex, wimpy - Duration: 01:16:36 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/1216c884-7cbb-46b8-b80f-1d50bd9a18d9.mp3 - YouTube: https://youtu.be/LAUa-ntRx5Y Sponsors: - [Linode Cloud Hosting](/sponsors/linode.com-lup/index.md): A special offer for all Linux Unplugged Podcast listeners and new Linode customers, visit linode.com/unplugged, and receive $100 towards your new account. - [Bitwarden](/sponsors/bitwarden.com-lup/index.md): Bitwarden is the easiest way for businesses and individuals to store, share, and sync sensitive data. ### Episode Links * [Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Dark Style Changes](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-lts-dark-style-changes/27206 "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Dark Style Changes") — Now in GNOME 42, it is officially supported, expanding on a concept from elementary OS 6 7. A toggle switch in the new Appearance panel in the core Settings app enables and disables the feature. A lot of work was done in GNOME apps to fix visual dark style bugs. A new transition effect was added (also inspired by elementary) to more elegantly crossfade when the style is switched. * [Dark Style Preference · Wiki · GNOME / Initiatives · GitLab](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Initiatives/-/wikis/Dark-Style-Preference "Dark Style Preference · Wiki · GNOME / Initiatives · GitLab") * [Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Eyes More Industrial Usage By Offering Up Real-Time Kernel Beta](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-22.04-RT-Kernel "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Eyes More Industrial Usage By Offering Up Real-Time Kernel Beta") — Currently in beta with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is the linux-realtime kernel * [unsnap: Quickly migrate from using snap packages to flatpaks](https://github.com/popey/unsnap "unsnap: Quickly migrate from using snap packages to flatpaks") * [deb-get](https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get "deb-get") — apt-get functionality for .debs published in 3rd party repositories or via direct download * [Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS Release Notes](https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-jammy-jellyfish-release-notes/ "Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS Release Notes") — Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS is the culmination of 2 years of continual improvement 😅 to Ubuntu and MATE Desktop. As is tradition, the LTS development cycle has a keen focus on eliminating paper 🧻 cuts 🔪 * [Linux Downtime – Episode 45](https://latenightlinux.com/linux-downtime-episode-45/ "Linux Downtime – Episode 45") — Joe and Adam are joined by Martin Wimpress to talk about what goes into running a distro like Ubuntu Mate. * [Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Disables 3D Acceleration For Guest VMs With GNOME Boxes / Virt-Manager](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-22.04-OSInfo-3D-VMs "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Disables 3D Acceleration For Guest VMs With GNOME Boxes / Virt-Manager") — In addition to Ubuntu 22.04 switching back NVIDIA to using X11 by default rather than Wayland as a launch-day change, separately, there was another rather notable last minute change affecting 3D support for virtual machines... * [Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Changes Default For NVIDIA Driver Back To Using X.Org Rather Than Wayland - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-22.04-NVIDIA-XOrg-Back "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Changes Default For NVIDIA Driver Back To Using X.Org Rather Than Wayland - Phoronix") * [docker snap unconditionally uses xtables](https://github.com/docker-snap/docker-snap/issues/68 "docker snap unconditionally uses xtables") — Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is defaulting to using the GNOME X.Org session rather than Wayland when running the proprietary NVIDIA driver. * * [GNU’s advanced distro and transactional package manager](https://guix.gnu.org/ "GNU’s advanced distro and transactional package manager") * [10 years of stories behind Guix](https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2022/10-years-of-stories-behind-guix/ "10 years of stories behind Guix") * [clj-nix: Nix helpers for Clojure projects](https://github.com/jlesquembre/clj-nix "clj-nix: Nix helpers for Clojure projects") * [poetry2nix: Convert poetry projects to nix automagically](https://github.com/nix-community/poetry2nix "poetry2nix: Convert poetry projects to nix automagically") * [home-manager: Manage a user environment using Nix](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager "home-manager: Manage a user environment using Nix") * [Home Manager - NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Home_Manager "Home Manager - NixOS Wiki") * [Tutorial: Getting started with Home Manager for Nix](https://ghedam.at/24353/tutorial-getting-started-with-home-manager-for-nix "Tutorial: Getting started with Home Manager for Nix") * [hercules-ci/arion: Run docker-compose with help from Nix/NixOS](https://github.com/hercules-ci/arion "hercules-ci/arion: Run docker-compose with help from Nix/NixOS") * [NixOS Wiki - Raspberry Pi 4](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_on_ARM/Raspberry_Pi_4 "NixOS Wiki - Raspberry Pi 4") * [NixOS aarm64 SD image](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.sd_image.aarch64-linux "NixOS aarm64 SD image") * [nixery.dev](https://nixery.dev/ "nixery.dev") * [NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub](https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixos-challenge "NixOS Challenge - Jupiter Broadcasting GitHub") * [Should we use NixOS as our Cloud and Local Server OS? | StrawPoll.com](https://strawpoll.com/polls/e7ZJOMp9By3 "Should we use NixOS as our Cloud and Local Server OS? | StrawPoll.com") * [nixpkgs/make-snap.nix at master](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/build-support/snap/make-snap.nix "nixpkgs/make-snap.nix at master") * [Picture of Welder](https://www.generalwelding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/product-fronius-tps-c-pulse.jpg "Picture of Welder") * [GitHub - quickemu-project/quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines.](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu "GitHub - quickemu-project/quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines.") * [Miniflux - Minimalist and Opinionated Feed Reader](https://miniflux.app/ "Miniflux - Minimalist and Opinionated Feed Reader") * [wallabag](https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag "wallabag") * [Breez wallet - Lightning Fast Bitcoin Payments](https://breez.technology/ "Breez wallet - Lightning Fast Bitcoin Payments") * [breez/breezmobile: Lightning Network mobile client](https://github.com/breez/breezmobile "breez/breezmobile: Lightning Network mobile client") * [037d284d2d7e6cec7623 - Amboss Space](https://amboss.space/node/037d284d2d7e6cec7623adbe600450a73b42fb90800989f05a862464b05408df39 "037d284d2d7e6cec7623 - Amboss Space") * [pimox7: Proxmox V7 for Raspberry Pi](https://github.com/pimox/pimox7 "pimox7: Proxmox V7 for Raspberry Pi") — Pimox is a port of Proxmox to the Raspberry Pi allowing you to build a Proxmox cluster of Rapberry Pi's or even a hybrid cluster of Pis and x86 hardware. * [Wimpy’s World](https://wimpysworld.com/ "Wimpy’s World")