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I don't know any other OS where you could even go on such a trip so easily! Figuring out why things are where and being able to disable them like this is pretty

I don't know any other OS where you could even go on such a trip so easily! Figuring out why things are where and being able to disable them like this is pretty cool. I was really surprised you were able to replace systemdMinimal with systemd in dbus though. I thought it was there to break the cyclic dependency between systemd and dbus

rollcat 2y ago
Depends on what you consider "easy"! Nix itself has a pretty high barrier to entry. Personally I believe systems that start simple (e.g. Alpine) are easier to mess with. Plus you don't have to give up all benefits of declarative configuration; for example apk has a single file (/etc/apk/world) that defines the exact package set that needs to remain installed. You can edit it and run "apk fix", much like you can edit /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and rerun "nixos-rebuild switch". It's not as powerful as Nixos, but power (and complexity) always has a price.