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Don't bother with NixOS then. Just use the nix package manager on Arch. You get declarative package management with nix shells, and you can take that configurat
by smilliken 6y ago
Don't bother with NixOS then. Just use the nix package manager on Arch. You get declarative package management with nix shells, and you can take that configuration with you to any linux distro, or even macos.
I think it's fantastic that we have a declarative, deterministic, idempotent package manager that works across all these OSs. I've used it happily for years now without ever bothering to try NixOS.
- chaorace 6y agoThat's my other issue. Nixpkgs just isn't as rich as AUR. I'm willing to use mostly nix OR mostly pacman, but not some 50/50 split of both, which is what the current situation tempts. I'd be extremely pleased if there were some sort of adapter plugin that let nix manage external packages so that I'm not forced to choose.