I was accidently posting this directly to zimbatm. I reposting it to the list.
2017-02-03 1:42 GMT+01:00, Peter Holm <[email protected]>: > I was more thinking about something like this > https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/3111 > But with custom kernel for each dist, some way to save the running > process and reload them within a ureadhead-reboot (fake stay at the > same system). > > The computer should flicker a bit - kick you out from the current > x-session and then be able to restore the state of the sesssion with a > login prompt from the dm. > > One had to write a custom hibernate-handler for that. > > Is that impossible, or just "hard" to get done.? > > 2016-12-30 12:48 GMT+01:00, zimbatm <[email protected]>: >> Hi Peter, >> >> When nix is installed on another distro what you get is a >> `~/.nix-profile/bin` installed in your PATH before the usual >> /usr/bin,/bin >> and so on. So if you install userland tools they will "replace" the >> system-provided ones just because the path lookup will find them first. >> So >> in that sense you get a unified userland between distros if you install >> the >> same nix packages. Does that answer your question? Note that this only >> works for userspace program and not system services. >> >> On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 at 06:15 Peter Holm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My question is regarding Nix multiuser-install. >>> Is it possible to replace the base-system with packages from nix.? >>> Or even better - boot to base-system from nix core, and keep desired >>> tools from the previous userland.? >>> >>> My idea is simple - if its can be done. Then probably one vould >>> ectand it to on-the-fly switch userland between distros and keep whats >>> installed from nix. Ok, you have to rebind or replace some >>> config-files... But , i belive that should not be impossible to get >>> going.? >>> >>> /Peter >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nix-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >>> >> > _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
