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cyber whore @lily@duke.social
1y
chat should i install nix
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doskel, tangentially @doskel@doskel.net
1y
@lily imagine the worst programming language you know
now imagine configuring your entire system in a single unified config with this programming language
that's basically the selling point of nix afaik
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cyber whore @lily@duke.social
1y
@doskel yeah i understand the point of nixos
i don't understand the point of nix on other operating systems
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doskel, tangentially @doskel@doskel.net
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@lily oh afaik that's mostly just for the unified build environment
nix guarantees reproducible, isolated, and functional builds so you always get the same result no matter your host system
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Two Hollywood Phonies @autumn@cafe.autumn.town
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@doskel @lily you can also use nix-darwin to configure your macOS system and use it for devshells that work on different architectures + systems (as long as the pkgs support all that)
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