Three Days with NixOS: Why It Feels Different
For the past few years I’ve primarily used Ubuntu and Kubuntu for my development machines. Like many backend engineers, I don’t really care which Linux distribution I’m using—as long as it stays out of my way. A few weeks ago I started looking at alternatives. Fedora was on my shortlist, but I kept coming across developers talking about NixOS. I’d heard about its declarative configuration and reproducible systems before, but I had always assumed it was something aimed at Linux enthusiasts rather than people who just wanted to get work done. ...