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I am interested in the declarative specification aspect of it. Basically your whole Operating system in a config file.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've tried several linux distros like Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, Arch, Kali. But NixOS was the best one imo. GuixSD might be a better option. But it's very aggressive to non free software.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wanted to try but then people online were saying it's difficult to install and the docs weren't clear enough. I didn't want to deal with all that work. The declarative aspect is alluring. For now I'm really happy with Fedora to switch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You would have to go through some blogs and documentation but it's not that difficult. I'd say NixOS is slightly less difficult than Arch linux.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Still there's the aspect of installing something esoteric or troubleshooting weird behaviour, and it's usually easy to find help for fedora or ubuntu. Arch has a great community too.

How does that work for NixOS?

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