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Maybe figure out why none of the cloud providers provide Nix as their install OS image. If that happens, users will easily double and maybe more hands might fi
by mekster 5y ago
Maybe figure out why none of the cloud providers provide Nix as their install OS image.
If that happens, users will easily double and maybe more hands might fix the docs or perhaps it's a chicken egg problem but if it's the doc, it's easily solvable.
- kevincox 5y agoThat is easy. It is unpoplar and not compatible with popular images. The default image for a cloud provider is going to target the common use case and easiest way for a novice to get started. If you already know what you are doing you will select a custom image anyways.
- scintill76 5y agoRunning something like nixos-infect to convert an Ubuntu machine into NixOS is going to be a new user’s easiest part of using NixOS. After that, it’s a pretty steep learning curve (or a tutorial) to do anything interesting. I’m doubtful that deleting that first step would bring more users.