I use Arch btw

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    Yeah, nixos btw is a big commitment that works only if you have enough time and/or you highly value what it provides. Though if you have lots of time to get past the learning curve and get things going the maintenance becomes much less of an issue later on which is nice.

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      I’ve been using NixOS for the past 4 years.

      I started a business with the mission statement to replace local business machines with a windows-like platform, based on NixOS.

      I can say with confidence that the maintenance does not become much less of an issue, but it certainly becomes more transparent.

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        Oof. Good to know. I’m lucky enough to only use it personally on a smaller scale where once something is set up I don’t need to touch it again and if I do it’s easy to do with the previously set up foundation. Do you regret using NixOS? Or do you think there are better alternatives in which case which ones?

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          NixOS is fucking GOATed lol. I can’t imagine a business managing a fleet which isn’t based on NixOS - what a fucking nightmare lol.

          How long have you been using it for? Because you will certainly run into complications eventually, as options change, packages become depreciated, and others get marked as unsafe.

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            Around half a year based off my commits which in retrospect is a short amount of time. It took me off guard because it felt like around a year before checking. Probably because of the steep learning curve that put me through a lot in a short amount of time. Lol

            I guess I will have my coming of age ceremony when I will bother doing my first major nixos update since I haven’t bothered doing one yet as I haven’t felt the need to warrant spending the time on it. ❄️

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              Oh lol. You’re not on unstable?

              That explains why you’ve not had any issues lol.

              Changing channels every six months is a dice roll - sometimes fine, other times shit breaks.

              Depends how complex your system is I suppose, but the major releases are always the most work if youre pinning versions.

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                Oh lol. You’re not on unstable?

                Uh oh. I thought it’s a common practice to use stable by default and unstable where needed for stability. Is this less common than I thought?