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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Because it’s the latest Cool Nerd Thing™ like Arch before it, and Gentoo before that. Most of the people raving about it probably don’t have much use for its features.

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Solution without a problem. A cool solution but yeah.

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The features themselves are very useful for basically any user. Whether they are worth the non-standardness and issues that come with it is another question.

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