I'm new as well - it's good to remember that NixOS, nix-shell, and the programming language of Nix are all separate. You can start with your current distro to l

I'm new as well - it's good to remember that NixOS, nix-shell, and the programming language of Nix are all separate. You can start with your current distro to learn nix-shell first. I still have no idea how it all works but it seemed prudent for me to at least try.