I might have made a terrible mistake: trying to install #nixos on a Dell Wyse 3040 😐
Weirdly enough, the Live ISO loaded just fine, with the typical 1.3GB of RAM being used by a system with the GNOME DE. Which of course is way too much for the 2GB of RAM this puny thing has 😝
Installer also ran fine. That is, up until the point where RAM hit 95% usage, at which point the screen became unresponsive... 20 minutes ago and counting 😅
The oddest thing is that apparently the USB drive is still showing activity that isn't constant or cyclical.
So, maybe it's actually still running, even though it's not showing?
That being said, does anyone have a way to install NixOS that's a bit lighter on resources but has the same options that the GNOME Live ISO allows, namely choosing a DE?
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