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Jump from Arch to NixOS? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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As the title implies, should I do it? I love Arch so far, and I can fix most issues that pop out. However, I sometimes wish to start fresh without too much hassle, but I get a feeling NixOS isn't as mature as Arch.

Have any of you used both, and if so, what do you miss from Arch? What are you grateful for in NixOS?

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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

NixOS has been around almost as long as Arch (20 vs 21 years)
you can install the Nix package manager on other distros as an intermediate step to start to give you the feel of things – ie. use Arch to manage your system packages and use Nix to manage your user & GUI packages
the Nix repository has more packages and more up-to-date packages than AUR
two recent videos making the rounds on NixOS
- NIX OS: the BEST package manager on the MOST SOLID Linux distribution – The Linux Experiment
- NixOS is Mindblowing – Chris Titus Tech

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[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

use Arch to manage your system packages and use Nix to manage your user & GUI packages

Brilliant. Thanks.

[–] Laser@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I agree it's nice to have access to nixpkgs' packages in other OSs (I've never did this so take the following with a grain of salt), it is my opinion that you're missing out on the biggest features if you don't fully opt for the nix approach.

I wouldn't reduce the nix tools to a package manager. It's a set to interact with the nix language, which primarily is a language to build a system from. You have the biggest advantage when you know that your system only consists of components built from your set of instructions (of course this pulls in a lot of stuff from nixpkgs) because that brings your system closer to reproducibility. It also makes it more consistent.

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 3 points 1 year ago

I am allowed to use Ubuntu or Fedora (I would use the Fedora but they seemed to have fucked it up) at work. I use Arch for personal. This seams like a good way to learn Nix. I am probably never leaving Arch. It's like a member of my family.

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, even better. I'm going to put it on the Ubuntu desktop my employer wants me to use.