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Somehow I feel like mentioning Nix and NixOS is the new ‘I use arch btw’.
“I use Nix btw”
Rolls off the tongue in the same way. And, honestly, “I use Arch btw” just isn’t the same hipster know-it-all contrarian meme that it used to be. It has a graphical installer now, and a popular retail device (the Steam Deck) comes with a user-friendly derivative of it installed out of the box.
Meanwhile, NixOS has a huge learning curve that’s off-putting to most non-technical users and even Linux hobbiests. I mean, really—having to configure everything through a functional programming language masquerading as a configuration file format? That’s just the kind of thing that would attract masochists and pedants!
Somehow I feel like mentioning Nix and NixOS is the new ‘I use arch btw’.
(No offense, but reading the ‘I use arch btw’ and then your response right after made me realize this)
“I use Nix btw”
Rolls off the tongue in the same way. And, honestly, “I use Arch btw” just isn’t the same hipster know-it-all contrarian meme that it used to be. It has a graphical installer now, and a popular retail device (the Steam Deck) comes with a user-friendly derivative of it installed out of the box.
Meanwhile, NixOS has a huge learning curve that’s off-putting to most non-technical users and even Linux hobbiests. I mean, really—having to configure everything through a functional programming language masquerading as a configuration file format? That’s just the kind of thing that would attract masochists and pedants!
I use Nix btw.