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Nix/NixOS Recommendations

Discussions revolve around recommending, questioning experiences with, and debating the practicality of Nix package manager and NixOS for reproducible builds, system configuration, and package management.

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Sample Comments

chana_masala • Dec 26, 2021 • View on HN

Can you explain more? I've looked at Nix but haven't extensively used it

drpyser22 • Jul 29, 2022 • View on HN

What do you think about something like Nix/NixOS?

tiziano88 • Feb 3, 2024 • View on HN

It may be worth looking at Nix if you haven't already

analognoise • Jul 25, 2024 • View on HN

What do you think of Nix/NixOS?

tjoff • Jan 11, 2019 • View on HN

Was NixOS / Nix considered? Feels like a lot of overlap in the motivations.

fmnxl • Sep 10, 2020 • View on HN

This is what Nix/NixOS would solve..

siraben • Nov 18, 2020 • View on HN

Which aspects of Nix would you say are "not practical"?

orblivion • Mar 1, 2018 • View on HN

Based on its lack of entry, am I to understand that Nix is the way to go?

jphsnsir • May 23, 2022 • View on HN

How was the Nix experience? Did you try just nix or also NixOS?

hamandcheese • Apr 19, 2022 • View on HN

Do you actually use nix and have an experience to share?