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minus-square@GuybrushThreepwo0d@programming.devlinkfedilink10•1 year agoI don’t consider myself a dumb person but I couldn’t figure out nix when last I decided to play with it. Theoretically it seems super interesting to me, but I really just can’t dedicate the time again now to learn that esoteric syntax.
minus-squareChewylinkfedilink10•1 year agoThe docs for NixOS aren’t good. Much knowledge is on many blogs but who knows them all? Having the OS defined declaratively is great but I also dislike the Nix language. Once it’s setup NixOS is great. Sharing configs with PC and laptop is awesome. Rollbacks are baked in. Going off the https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs helped me gettung started.
minus-squaremonklinkfedilink1•1 year agoThe syntax is just the outer layer, the whole concept inside it is alien. It’s like a smartphone for a person who’s only seen books.
I don’t consider myself a dumb person but I couldn’t figure out nix when last I decided to play with it. Theoretically it seems super interesting to me, but I really just can’t dedicate the time again now to learn that esoteric syntax.
The docs for NixOS aren’t good. Much knowledge is on many blogs but who knows them all?
Having the OS defined declaratively is great but I also dislike the Nix language.
Once it’s setup NixOS is great. Sharing configs with PC and laptop is awesome. Rollbacks are baked in.
Going off the https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs helped me gettung started.
The syntax is just the outer layer, the whole concept inside it is alien. It’s like a smartphone for a person who’s only seen books.