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[–] silicon_reverie 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I absolutely loved NixOS on paper, and it's undoubtedly the best way to combat updates that break my dependency trees, but I still found myself spending a majority of my time attempting to hard-code various app configuration files into my convoluted configuration.nix with its esoteric syntax rather than actually using my computer. Am I missing something, or does a good install script covering my favorite packages and a git bare repo storing my dot-files get me 90% of the way there without the hassle of bending my whole OS around a single nix config monstrosity?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Agreed, I'm also considering switching to an install script + btrfs snapshots. It worked quite well a few years ago, altough it doesn't solve configuration drift.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Only if you reinstall every time you change the configuration. And never need to do anything remotely fancy.