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I keep wanting to dabble with nixOS as it almost seems like the docker compose of OS's
But every now and then someone comments and acts like it's really hard or something.
I so scared
If you can wrap your head around docker compose, you can handle nix.
That is to say, I'd sounds like you aren't afraid of tinkering and looking at other people's solutions until you get your setup right. That's what NixOS is all about.
Solve that problem once, you've solved it forever. You don't need to remember how you did it next time.
Now, THATS something I can get behind.
I daily drive it on 2 machines. Overall, it is super simple, if you know how to ready json or yml, you will understand the config file instantly. However, it is a unique OS, and works different than most other distros. As a result, any guide made for other Linux distros needs to be thrown out the window. It also doesn't natively support most self executing packages like app image. All that said, it is fun and easy, just make sure when you look for support, you are looking for NixOS support.