I found this blog really helpful: http://lethalman.blogspot.com/2014/07/nix-pill-1-why-you-should-give-it-try.html http://lethalman.blogspot.com/2014/07/nix-pi

I found this blog really helpful: http://lethalman.blogspot.com/2014/07/nix-pill-1-why-you-should-give-it-try.html http://lethalman.blogspot.com/2014/07/nix-pill-1-why-you-sho... It's a series that walks you through setting up and using nix. It found it really simple and satisfying - I now use nix on Ubuntu.