I recently assembled a home server/NAS and decided to try NixOS on it and I have to agree. Using it normally (install packages and use the system) is VERY easy,

I recently assembled a home server/NAS and decided to try NixOS on it and I have to agree. Using it normally (install packages and use the system) is VERY easy, much easier than I expected. I recently upgraded the main channel from 24.5 to 24.11 (because I noticed I had no more packages update in over a week...) and it was quick and smooth. But the nix language is scary to say the least. For now I didn't deep dive into it, maybe in the future... All considered , IMO for a terminal beginner like OP, I think NixOS is too much as the first approach on a laptop.