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Best thing about Arch is its documentation. Worst thing about Nix is its documentation.
by hollandheese 3y ago
Best thing about Arch is its documentation. Worst thing about Nix is its documentation.
- msm_ 3y agoIt's not that bad if you just want to use/configure existing software - I often find exactly what I'm looking for by googling "[software i want to use] nixos". It gets harder when you start to write your own derivations.
- ydlr 3y agoThat is true of any distro. Packaging software for NixOS is still easier than arch or Debian.
- RealStickman_ 3y agoI maintain multiple packages on the AUR and PKGBUILDs are pretty easy to understand imo. I only had a look at one or two Nix package builds and they seemed much more complex to me.
- Mic92 3y agoThe nixos module and their tests make it very discoverable how to run many services. Where in arch I actually have to read where programs put there configuration, in NixOS I can already start configuring. Also github search is very value just put the nixos option + lang:nix and you find tons of examples.