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Why many people are switching to NixOS ?

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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 !

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RosalynKirk@kbin.social
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you have to have a lot of linux/programming knowledge to do even the simplest things like installing/updating your software

So, pretty much like any other distro

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priapus@lemmy.one
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Most mainstream distro’s can do all of that without a CLI.

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RosalynKirk@kbin.social
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Weird, every distro I’ve tried either has no management, or doesn’t work. Just spins around loading. “Uninstalling” packages does nothing but remove them from the package manager.

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