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Arch and Gentoo users reading about NixOS (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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It's not about the destination, it's about the journey.

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[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 202 points 2 months ago

...to get a working config, you need to learn a whole new programming language and figure out the tweaks for each package you want to install, so I'd argue the journey is just as long

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

I had no experience in nixOS, just went to the package website, it tells you exactly what to add to each section of the config.

[-] totally_notAcat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well not everything is packaged and when they aren’t it Can get more complicated to install since nixos doesn’t use the default file system layout. Another thing is that certain programs have assumptions about being able to do certain things like changing their own config files that don’t work well with the nixos way of doing things. (Looking at you fish(it works but you can’t manage your configuration for it(pretty sure?)with nix))