Maybe. I've only looked at Nix from a distance because I'm reluctant to learn a new language just to effectively manage applications, and I don't really want to

Maybe. I've only looked at Nix from a distance because I'm reluctant to learn a new language just to effectively manage applications, and I don't really want to have to create my own packages for things or build them from source. Also I'm pretty sure it still can't install applications to arbitrary disks and, as mentioned, it is worthless for closed source software. If you ask me, it's an incredibly overengineered solution to a problem that is entirely self-inflicted. Still, it might eventually be preferable to Microsoft's current direction with Windows.