[starlevel003]

nix is so clearly superior and yet nobody uses it. curious!

[petemir]

I think that the learning curve for the nix ecosystem is a lot steeper compared to other distros.

[kaba0]

Well, arch is no ubuntu either.

[kaba0]

Sometimes the better solution takes time to reach the masses.

Here we talk about a tiny percent of the tiny 3% of desktop users.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> nix is so clearly superior and yet nobody uses it. curious!

If you're going to be snide, you should at least be correct - or are the 6300 users in the main matrix chat room just hanging out for fun?

(sent from my nixos daily driver)

[coldtea]

It's not like 6300 is anything but statistical noise compared to the number of Linux users out there.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

The number of Arch Linux users is nothing but statistical noise compared to the number of Windows users; would you say that nobody uses Arch?

[coldtea]

In that context, if, that is, the comparison involved Windows user share, then yes.

Hell, even in a Linux-only context too. I mean, an exchange like:

- We're shipping this enterprise software in packages compatible with RHEL and Ubuntu, would it be worth our while to also devote resources to specifically support Arch too?

- Nah, nobody uses Arch

While not accurate to the maximum possible precision (something like say 5% of Linux users is not the same as 0%), it would still be quite understandable...