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Oooh! Thanks for linking this write-up. I've been thinking of playing around with Nix and basically only be able to do it on a VPS. Before I get started though
by afarrell 9y ago
Oooh! Thanks for linking this write-up. I've been thinking of playing around with Nix and basically only be able to do it on a VPS.
Before I get started though, what things could I consider implicit prerequisites of running Nix? For example: I've never built a Debian or RPM package. Would I be better served gaining some background in OS package management before diving into this?
- Filligree 9y agoMost of what you'd learn playing with other OSs, you'd need to unlrearn to work with Nix. So... nothing much really. Read the Nix Pills series, that'll teach you more than any amount of playing with non-Nix software.
- afarrell 9y agoThanks! https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/ https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/ for others
- jitl 9y agoNo: each package manager had its own strange rules and concepts. I’ve worked with deb packaging, and I wouldn’t say that experience transferred to working on Homebrew or Nix. You might as well start with what you want to use.
- afarrell 9y agoThis is good to know, though I continue to be sad that there isn't a general "design principles of package managers" knowledgebase.