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Arch and Gentoo users reading about NixOS (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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It's not about the destination, it's about the journey.

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[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 201 points 5 months ago (39 children)

...to get a working config, you need to learn a whole new programming language and figure out the tweaks for each package you want to install, so I'd argue the journey is just as long

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 98 points 5 months ago (12 children)

NixOS sounds like a way to avoid learning Linux by learning an abstraction.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 81 points 5 months ago (1 children)

that's why I only use my computer with raw system calls, shell is bloat

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

You guys use an OS? I just push the electrons around my motherboard manually with a little magnet on a toothpick.

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