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It’s because Nix was designed to be part of the OS, as integral as apt is for Debian installations. The ability for it to live side by side with another packagi
by ashtonkem 6y ago
It’s because Nix was designed to be part of the OS, as integral as apt is for Debian installations. The ability for it to live side by side with another packaging system is just a side-effect of how it was designed, not part of the original goals.
- mixedCase 6y agoAnd NixOS is a great idea, but Nix advertises itself as "a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems" in its the official site's description. Yet by not abiding to the FHS, they opened themselves up for breakage.
- ashtonkem 6y agoThat’s an after the fact feature; my understanding is that the original design was intended to be the sole package manager on the system. This is backed up by the fact that NixOS and Nix appear to have both been created at the same time; 2003.