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Nix - is fast (faster than Homebrew or Docker) - is multi-user (don't need root privileges to install software) - lets you try software without permanent
by pxc 5y ago
Nix
- is fast (faster than Homebrew or Docker)
- is multi-user (don't need root privileges to install software)
- lets you try software without permanently installing it
- gives you fast, reliable undo without requiring a special filesystem
- lets you automatically (re)produce a setup that never drifts from its official definition
- can safely perform upgrades and configuration changes without thinking about what has been done to the system or environment in the past
- has tons and tons of software already packaged for it at this point, which you can just use without any special effort