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The whole point of NixOS is to make packages a special case of configuration. Running nix elsewhere doesn't do that and for configuration there are more mature
by xorcist 1y ago
The whole point of NixOS is to make packages a special case of configuration. Running nix elsewhere doesn't do that and for configuration there are more mature tools. It would be like using Ansible(/Salt/Puppet or other similar tools) without any of the upside those have. Don't be afraid to use those tools though, they're great.
- Ericson2314 1y agoThat is the whole point of NixOS, but NixOS is not the whole point of Nix. I personally think these issues sound one-off to me, and sticking with NixOS should be fine. But other OS + home manager is completely valid and a great way to use Nix more casually.