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While the Nix package manager still has a vertical learning curve, I found NixOS itself to be pretty idiotproof to install, with pretty much the same clicky ins
by chuckadams 1y ago
While the Nix package manager still has a vertical learning curve, I found NixOS itself to be pretty idiotproof to install, with pretty much the same clicky installer experience as Ubuntu. I do remember a couple of things like `nix search` were broken out of the box -- in fact I don't think I ever got it working, I still just use the website to search for packages.
- secure 1y agoYeah, the clicky installer is pretty nice and smooth, but I mention in the article why the clicky installer is not good enough for me to install VMs — you cannot customize/pre-load it, and I want to minimize the manual steps.
- _kb 1y agoI've been using NixOS since 2018. I still use https://search.nixos.org https://search.nixos.org. It's a great interface for the same dataset. There's nothing wrong with that.