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by jonaswouters 2163 days ago
These days I prefer NixOS, but I use ubuntu most of the time for VMs.

NixOS requires a high initial investment, but is so reliable and convenient afterwards. Installing multiple versions of software for development is convenient without having to use third party tools.

Sure it has downsides especially if you use weird or old software that is not available in the repository, but nothing an ubuntu vm or docker cannot solve.

Over the past 20 years: Suse -> LFS -> Gentoo -> Arch -> NixOS As you can see, I like to make it difficult for myself, but you learn the most this way.