I keep seeing comments about NixOS. As a relative newby just messing around for themselves, is there anything stopping me from/I should know about taking the plunge?
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.
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.
nixos is like the hyper power user OS i think. Think of it like unixporn, if you like spending hundreds of hours perfecting your rice, you will love nixos (probably) if not, and you dont really care (like me) go use debian or arch or something else instead.
I keep seeing comments about NixOS. As a relative newby just messing around for themselves, is there anything stopping me from/I should know about taking the plunge?
I’ve only dipped my toe in Ubuntu.
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This is a really good explanation! Thanks.
How is this any different than skeletons and using up ansible, salt or chef? Also hear a lot about Nix but don’t see the OS of NixOS
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And it shares a name with a Bad Dragon toy!
fascinating username to join the conversation at this particular moment in time
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.
Neon explained it better than I ever could! I hope their answer satisfies you
It did! Thank you for sparking the conversation.
nixos is like the hyper power user OS i think. Think of it like unixporn, if you like spending hundreds of hours perfecting your rice, you will love nixos (probably) if not, and you dont really care (like me) go use debian or arch or something else instead.