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The genesis of a nixOS user (programming.dev)
submitted 6 months ago by Shareni@programming.dev to c/nix@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/14020506

The product of a chat with @QuazarOmega@lemy.lol

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[–] tobz619@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I went straight to nixos lol

nix-shell radicalised me very quickly

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I tried guixos first, and that was really unpleasant. I'm still wary of trying nixos.

nix-env and the official docs caused me to give up on trying to figure out nix multiple times over the years.

Luckily someone recommended home-manager before I gave up last time, and things have started to make sense since then.

[–] NationProtons@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Same here.

Went straight from arch to nixos. Using nix-shell a lot for testing things or setting up dev environments.

I also don't use flakes or home-manager at the moment. I feel like just a regular configuration (split up in multiple .nix files) keeps everything very simple and works perfectly for me.

[–] fluxc0@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

i dived head-first into nixOS

best mistake of my life. i love configuring it, and i love how different it is.