[fooblat]

I've been using linux based operating systems for 20+ years and I decided to give NixOS a try recently. I had read the install was "difficult" but I found it very straightforward.

The configuration system very easy to understand and work with. I think this is actually the perfect distro for a "one off" home server because configuration management is built in so it is easy to rebuild my server from the backup of a single file.

[aidenn0]

The install is "difficult" in the sense that there is no wizard-style installer like many other distros have. You can install e.g. Ubuntu or Mint without knowing what a disk partition is. You need to have at least some vague idea of what a disk partition is to install NixOS.

It's much easier than most manually-configured installs (e.g. gentoo) though, because pretty much everything other than partitioning the disks has a default, so you need to make fewer decisions at install time.