<aristid>
dhess: i just know the firefox build is a lot faster on it than on one of the old TU Delft servers! :-)
<dhess>
samueldr: thanks. I'm about to provision an x86_64-linux builder.
<dhess>
aristid: :)
<samueldr>
there's a nixos user shilling^W ensuring good support for NixOS on packet.net 'round here :)
<aristid>
samueldr: "just $1 per hour" uh
<dhess>
I know that Packet.net is really nice to the Nix project, but damn, their hardware is expensive.
<aristid>
dhess: i guess you get better quality & service than from hetzner or so, but the price difference is ... real :D
<samueldr>
I was also saying that since NixOS is supported
<samueldr>
while generally not an issue otherwise, supported out of the box is nice
<dhess>
aristid: yeah Hetzner is exactly what I always compare it to. Granted, Hetzner is about 20 minutes of hassle at the start to run clever's kexec or whatever, but after that, it just works.
<aristid>
dhess: you don't need kexec for their physical boxes, at least
<aristid>
dhess: are you referring to their VMs?
<dhess>
aristid: really? Do they have a NixOS boot image now?
<dhess>
No, I mean their dedicated hosts.
<aristid>
dhess: no you can boot into one of their recovery linux images and then just use the nixos installer
<aristid>
dhess: or nixops can also do it automatically for you
<aristid>
granted it's been a while since i did that
<dhess>
aristid: oh. I actually prefer to use kexec to boot the NixOS installer image.
<dhess>
It would be nice if they booted into the NixOS installer image directly. I was hoping you meant that. :)
<aristid>
dhess: i think i just chrooted to use the nixos installer
<aristid>
dhess: why is that worse than kexec?
<dhess>
I wouldn't say it's "worse." But with kexec, I can basically pre-configure it precisely for the hardware on which it's being installed.
<aristid>
dhess: where can i find the documentation for this "kexec method"? :)