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> I dream of nixOS and sylabs, but my org is not going to switch to radical new technology. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NixOS https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by chriswarbo 6y ago
> I dream of nixOS and sylabs, but my org is not going to switch to radical new technology.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NixOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NixOS
> Initial release 2003; 18 years ago
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software)
> Initial release March 20, 2013; 7 years ago
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- theamk 6y agoIt is not NixOS vs Docker, it is NixOS vs Docker/Ubuntu. Most of the day-to-day OS problems don't come from Docker, they come from base linux distribution. And Ubuntu was released in Oct 2004, and it is in big part Debian, which was released in 1993. There is a big advantage when you run the same OS on developers' desktops and on server. It is also great when all sorts of weird third-party packages already know and support your OS. This is the advantage of Docker I suppose -- it does not "get in your way" and lets you use the same things you used to do before it.
- chriswarbo 6y agoNote that I only linked to the NixOS page since the Nix page doesn't have an "Initial release" entry ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_package_manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_package_manager ). I've personally used Nix on Ubuntu, NixOS and macOS. Anecdotally, I can't get Docker to work on my Mac :(