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Re:Operating systems battle: OpenBSD vs. NixOS by a9h74j on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:32PM (#31078888)
Good article. I did not see this mentioned: Doesn't one of nix or guix have a mode to operate as a guest or overlay on an existing OS?

I find this[1] in the area of Nix as and OpenBSD guest, but I've barely glanced at it for applicability.

[1] https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-05-08-openbsd-vmm-nixos.h...

I see some reference to Ubuntu with a nix package manager installed on it.

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Re:Operating systems battle: OpenBSD vs. NixOS by goosedragons on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:36PM (#31078911)
They both do. I use Guix on Ubuntu right now as it means I can get the benefits of Ubuntu for running things like Steam and Nvidia drivers easily but also the benefits of Guix for programming stuff. It's not perfect though.
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