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Re:Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users throug... by dmitriid on Sunday October 10, 2021 @08:04AM (#28817750)
> You probably don't have a problem that this solves.

> They find software repositories and package managers confusing and overengineered.

The screenshot is literally a mishmash of technical jargon with little to no relation to each other.

sound.enable defined boolean asset resource enabled.

What problem does it solve, exactly?

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Re:Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users throug... by amusedcyclist on Sunday October 10, 2021 @06:30PM (#28822568)
If you think the words software repository and package manager are esoteric technical jargon then you don't need nix, which is completely fine. But it allows developers to identically reproduce builds of a software which depends on other software packages. Other package managers may depend on some global variables of your system, which nix avoids.
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Re:Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users throug... by otabdeveloper4 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @08:20AM (#28817818)
That's like asking "what problem does apt-get solve, exactly, with its technical jargon, when I can always download the software I want using Google Chrome?"
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Re:Nix-GUI: Make NixOS usable for non-technical users throug... by Narice on Sunday October 10, 2021 @08:29AM (#28817878)
Yeah but here it's the level of jargon that is the problem, there is too much! This is a good project for sure but it is not ready for new users.
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