To my understanding, Ubuntu Core is much similar to the idea of Lennart: http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linux-systems.html http://0poin

To my understanding, Ubuntu Core is much similar to the idea of Lennart: http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linux-systems.html http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linu... I don't feel saying them as either bad or good compared to Nix. Until you try a system, there's little to say only from the theory. We'll see how Ubuntu Core with snappy performs, and this question will be more relevant in a few months. Nix is not perfect but certainly has a long story maintaining this kind of packaging.