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I'm not convinced that Nix isn't polishable. Because the language is declarative, and can be pure if using flakes, it could readily be extended with simple tool
by colordrops 5y ago
I'm not convinced that Nix isn't polishable. Because the language is declarative, and can be pure if using flakes, it could readily be extended with simple tooling and UI configuration that make it look and feel like other distros, with the more low level constructs still available to advanced users. It's still in a phase where most users are power enthusiasts, so polish hasn't been priority #1, but someone will come along and make a more friendly wrapper one day.
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- NateEag 5y ago> It's still in a phase where most users are power enthusiasts, so polish hasn't been priority #1, but someone will come along and make a more friendly wrapper one day. As a diehard Emacser, Emacs has been waiting about thirty years for someone to make it a prettier wrapper. It's possible to be so power-user-friendly that in practice no one wants to make it end-user friendly.