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Re:NixOS Linux by ebzzry on Friday June 12, 2015 @05:45PM (#9708755)
We're using it for servers, laptops, and desktops. I'm using NixOS now on bare metal to compose this message. The system is built like a rock. And oh, managing just a single text file to configure everything is a big plus.

I highly recommend it. :-)

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Re:NixOS Linux by corobo on Friday June 12, 2015 @06:21PM (#9708918)
> just a single text file to configure everything is a big plus

What ever happened to Linux folks mocking Windows' registry from back in the day :)

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Re:NixOS Linux by ebzzry on Friday June 12, 2015 @06:38PM (#9709000)
Heh. At least, we don't have to have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) anymore navigating down the registry tree. It's a completely different story though, if one is going to edit the complete .reg dump, and import the settings from there.
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Re:NixOS Linux by agumonkey on Friday June 12, 2015 @11:41PM (#9709779)
The windows registry is a tad more complex. It's funny a while back Arch main selling point was single point of .. config too. Now it's systemd fine grained graph of .service. But nix being built by language designers, I guess abstraction and reuse will stay baked in.
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Re:NixOS Linux by digi_owl on Saturday June 13, 2015 @07:47PM (#9713205)
They recreated it 20 times over in the name of modernity.
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