Re:NixOS 22.11 “Raccoon” Released
by rgoulter on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:35AM
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The UX is much nicer with flakes.
Flakes provide a consistent entry-point to a set of Nix files (rather than just a hoping that Nix files conform to some convention).
Nix flakes also let you get by with even less worry about the system state: e.g. you don't need to add channels or put your code in your user's overlays directory. You can just use the path/URI to a flake, and nix will take care of downloading all the inputs appropriately.
Flakes provide a consistent entry-point to a set of Nix files (rather than just a hoping that Nix files conform to some convention).
Nix flakes also let you get by with even less worry about the system state: e.g. you don't need to add channels or put your code in your user's overlays directory. You can just use the path/URI to a flake, and nix will take care of downloading all the inputs appropriately.