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Introduction to Nix & NixOS (nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's not a lot of competition in the bleeding edge rolling distro space, so I think it's fair to compare them. Especially since you're not forced to make it reproducible.

I wouldn't suggest either to beginners either though.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it does make sense that you can compare them in that sense, but as far as actual system setup goes, I don't think they're comparable. Don't get me wrong, I love NixOS. When I was learning nixlang and setting up everything to be modular and reproducible, I was having a blast.

    However, I also had a blast learning Arch and figuring out how my system works the way it does. I'll be honest, though, NixOS helped me learn how Home was separate from Root. That alone really helped me learn how the general Linux system file hierarchy worked.

    But there are also things I would have never learned about Linux if I never messed with Arch, such as essential system symlinks, how they work, and how to use chroot in the live environment to fix broken ones (thanks to a botched Arch update, lol).

    If you like it, learn it-use it. All this comparing and inter-distro warring seems pointless. There's not a distro I've used that I haven't had things I really liked and really hated.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Great points about learning, but I'm just explaining what my original comment was about: daily experience of using a distro and reliability.

    For me arch installation was the most educational Linux experience since after 10+ years of using Linux, that was the first time I clearly understood each part of the system. But tbh that knowledge has so far been mostly academic - knowledge for the sake of knowledge.

    All this comparing and inter-distro warring seems pointless.

    It's got a point when every thread has people recommending arch, even when it's not relevant in any way. We're talking about arch in a thread about a nixos guide after all.

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