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Yea, i kinda hate Nix - but it's fundamentally changed how i view OSs and the minimum features i want from them. Though I really want another language than Nix
by unshavedyak 1y ago
Yea, i kinda hate Nix - but it's fundamentally changed how i view OSs and the minimum features i want from them.
Though I really want another language than Nixlang, but i've been stuck on Nix for years despite not liking it because the concrete builds are just so good. If Nix actually had a language i liked i'd probably go full immutable user config too and fully embrace nix. It's just so, so good.
I'd switch in a heartbeat if someone iterated on Nix for some of my complaints, though. But i'm not switching away from the concrete system builds.. it's just amazing.
- dawnofdusk 1y agoIf you like Lisp there is GUIX which is the Nix packaging idea but using a language that is slightly less trash. The ecosystem is much worse so it would not be great for a desktop end user AFAIK.
- unshavedyak 1y agoI'm hoping Nickel some day can be used in place of Nix. I'm not a fan of lazy piles of config-func-soup regardless, but if i just had types and sane errors my UX in Nix would go up tremendously. Nickel promises some of that, at least.