Hi everyone!

I saw that NixOS is getting popularity recently. I really have no idea why and how this OS works. Can you guys help me understanding all of this ?

Thanks !

  • tetris11
    21·
    1 year ago

    I’ve made the jump twice, and jumped back twice.

    Conda and any other reproducible computing library that relies on LHS Linux filesystem just doesn’t work on it (okay it does, but more as an obstacle)

    I’m okay with having nix the package manager on my default arch system though, since it is incredibly useful for cross compiling, and it let’s me modify my system however I want.

    • phil_m
      2·
      1 year ago

      Have you tried putting it into a buildFHSUserEnv?

      I also often put the “dirty” packaged AI/python stuff (which is unfortunately quite a lot) into Dockerfiles if I don’t want to package it cleanly with Nix.

      • tetris11
        1·
        1 year ago

        I did, but it still doesn’t quite act right, especially if I need to build extra packages within the environment