• SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I keep wanting to dabble with nixOS as it almost seems like the docker compose of OS’s

    But every now and then someone comments and acts like it’s really hard or something.

    I so scared

    • GreyBeard@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      I daily drive it on 2 machines. Overall, it is super simple, if you know how to ready json or yml, you will understand the config file instantly. However, it is a unique OS, and works different than most other distros. As a result, any guide made for other Linux distros needs to be thrown out the window. It also doesn’t natively support most self executing packages like app image. All that said, it is fun and easy, just make sure when you look for support, you are looking for NixOS support.