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 !

    • FareshEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Doesn’t it have a garbage collector like guix does (guix gc), which cleans up everything in the store that isn’t needed anymore?

      • zwerdldsEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Yep, Nix-store -gc or some such will do something like this.

    • Atemu
      3·
      2 years ago

      Well, Nix has a very liberal definition of a “package”. Your web browser, its wrapper script, a service file, a config file; those are all technically “packages” (or “derivation” as Nix calls them).