Any NixOS users around here?

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From time to time iam dealing with NixOS and wonder if there are any users here?

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I don’t, why would you recommend. What have been your main advantages?

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Well, the concept of NixOS is fundamentally different from other Linux distributions. That alone was reason enough for me to take a look at it.

I like the concept of one (or more if needed) configuration file(s). The package manager is special and takes some getting used to, but offers features such as temporary software installations without cluttering up the system.

Here is a good starting point: https://nixos.wiki/

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@toadie @hydn i have studied Nix and also using and actually Nix is a complete OS also and you can say that it is a self containerized container . If you see flatpaks then it is a container image running on your distro and not the system specific install and the NixOS is the same. So if you are building specific containers or just want ot have a minimal shell with additional ones then NixOS is the way to go. It offers all tooling needed.

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