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by ninetyninenine 838 days ago
I just feel it doesn't have to be this way. We can get the benefits of nix without the hardness of nix. It's just someone hasn't taken the time to make this "thing" yet.

It's annoying enough that I won't use nix personally. I've used it at work so I'm quite knowledgeable with it.
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Arelius 838 days ago
IMO, this thing is Nix, it just needs better UI and a lot better documentation.

The problem I've realized is that for many core Nix developers, the source is the documentation. Which doesnt scale.

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AnarchismIsCool 838 days ago
Luckily the ecosystem is literally getting better by the hour right now. There's been a huge uptick in interest and lots of people are writing really good documentation and starter templates.
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transpute 837 days ago
> It's just someone hasn't taken the time to make this "thing" yet.

DietPi [1] has one massive (15KLoC) bash script [2] for system config.

[1] https://dietpi.com

[2] https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/dietpi/dietpi...

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hpstewed 837 days ago
Not exactly an easy nix alternative
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transpute 837 days ago
Easy for users, one step backup and restore of system-wide state.

Less easy for developers, but code is mature and stable in production for years.

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