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Re:One Week of NixOS by siraben on Sunday November 08, 2020 @10:32AM (#25026339)
I even "DE hopped" using NixOS, trying out 3+ different DEs for fun, and once I was done I just had to revert to an older generation, no nasty leftovers.
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Re:One Week of NixOS by danieldk on Sunday November 08, 2020 @10:56AM (#25026541)
I use NixOS unstable on my desktop/work machine, but when I just started using NixOS, I even regularly hopped between the latest stable release and unstable.

Another fun related feature: NixOS really only requires /nix and /boot to boot. So, some of us just nuke everything except /nix, /boot, and /home on boot:

https://grahamc.com/blog/erase-your-darlings

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