Probably not the goal of the author but I guess this article convinced me that nix/nixOS is not for me.
This is a lot to take in; it's basically an overview of all the interesting features of Nix. When starting out, you don't need this kind of in-depth knowledge. I personally gathered most of what was covered here in over 6-12months of using it and I did just fine.
It might still not be for you but don't take this as the reference point.
Yeah, it really isn't for everyone. The advantagees it provides is mostly for developers and companies. If you're a company, managing a NixOS fork is useful, so all users of the system are on the same page always.
Otherwise the package manager itself can be used on its own. It's neat being able to use packages from basically any distro without even needing to use a VM.
Nix is daunting indeed, but cool for those who want such tooling
Probably not the goal of the author but I guess this article convinced me that nix/nixOS is not for me.
This is a lot to take in; it's basically an overview of all the interesting features of Nix. When starting out, you don't need this kind of in-depth knowledge. I personally gathered most of what was covered here in over 6-12months of using it and I did just fine.
It might still not be for you but don't take this as the reference point.
Yeah, it really isn't for everyone. The advantagees it provides is mostly for developers and companies. If you're a company, managing a NixOS fork is useful, so all users of the system are on the same page always.
Otherwise the package manager itself can be used on its own. It's neat being able to use packages from basically any distro without even needing to use a VM.
Nix is daunting indeed, but cool for those who want such tooling