>> ... and not have it installed globally is amazing. Yah, the more I think about it this is the biggest selling point to me. >> Of course, you can use the ni

>> ... and not have it installed globally is amazing. Yah, the more I think about it this is the biggest selling point to me. >> Of course, you can use the nix package manager on any Linux distro and even macOS if you want a gentler introduction. I actually never thought deeply into nix NOT on nixos (I've probably been conflating the two). As an infra/devops-y person I can think of a lot of cool use cases off the bat in the server-space (theoretically anyways, I've a feeling the details would be quite the devil). But, except for the case of developing for such a system, I'm struggling to see a use case that warrants it in the desktop realm. (I need to meditate on this one..!)