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Re:NixOS Wiki – the unofficial user wiki by msm_ on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:23AM (#37543840)
It's not that bad if you just want to use/configure existing software - I often find exactly what I'm looking for by googling "[software i want to use] nixos". It gets harder when you start to write your own derivations.
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Re:NixOS Wiki – the unofficial user wiki by ydlr on Sunday September 17, 2023 @06:13PM (#37549830)
That is true of any distro. Packaging software for NixOS is still easier than arch or Debian.
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Re:NixOS Wiki – the unofficial user wiki by RealStickman_ on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @03:04AM (#37566538)
I maintain multiple packages on the AUR and PKGBUILDs are pretty easy to understand imo. I only had a look at one or two Nix package builds and they seemed much more complex to me.
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