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I've been using NixOS for several years and one of the pain points was frequently updating software - the updates don't come out until the package definitions g
by robto 5y ago
I've been using NixOS for several years and one of the pain points was frequently updating software - the updates don't come out until the package definitions get updated. Last year I just started using Flatpak for those packages and it works a treat - plus, I can keep the proprietary, non-free software that I need out of my system config, which I like. Snap is a non-starter, and while I hope more software shows up properly, reproducibly packaged for Nix, Flatpak is the next best thing.
- sreevisakh 5y agoI really wish nix or guix had a flatpak export capability. Guix can already export several types of images like tarballs, docker images and squashfs images.
- balancesoggy 5y agoFlatpak works on guix. Just guix install it and then run the Firefox or any flatpak as usual using flatpak run
- sreevisakh 5y agoThat's not what I meant. I wish for guix or nix to be a way to build flatpaks.