[kaba0]

The thing is, none of the mainstream package formats solve the underlying problem, they just push it to a different layer.

I know what I’m saying can be regarded as “+1 different standards”, but Nix is the only truly novel approach to package management that can reliably install a huge-ass behemoth package group like Gnome, install Plasma next to it and remove both without a single garbage file laying around afterwards.

I think we really should embrace this uniquely good solution.

[Spivak]

Nix fails the "don't make me think" test unfortunately. Flatpak is winning because you can head-empty dump a working application into it and it will work. Nix requires discipline on the part of the packager which will never scale.