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I wanna move to nix but my monkey brain can't understand it. Might just take the plunge anyways
Tried it, did not understand it (and had no use for immutable packages). Went back to Arch, never looked back.
Documentation is not enough good for me to care and I hate when there are multiple ways to do things, I still did not understand how I should install programs on NixOS
Honestly, I just can't get past the absolutely horrible logo. Right up there with TempleOS IMO...