[fareesh]

doesn't it use up a lot of disk space compared to other distros because of the way everything is set up?

[Valodim]

Yes. But disk space isn't exactly the most valuable resource you have as a developer/power user

[CafeRacer]

Yes, but you can also reclaim your space. I've configured nix to only store two latest revisions and have a ./switch.sh file that automatically clears everything up after applying nix.

I had issues when giving boot partition only 512mb, so I'd recommend going with 1G.

[bspammer]

Yep disk space and learning curve are the two major downsides to Nix. The former has never been a problem for me in practice, just run garbage collection once a month. The latter was a big problem, but is now mitigated for most people by LLMs.

[Pay08]

Disk space is not an issue as long as you don't try to install the entirety of Texlive.

[exitb]

Yes, however the space is not „used up” in a classic sense. It’s a cache, so you can give up some of it and reclaim your space. Fresh after a full cleanup it won’t take much more than a regular distro.

[dandanua]

Use nix.optimise.automatic = true in the config and perform nix-collect-garbage if necessary. With this it doesn't take much.

[moonlion_eth]

actually once I garbage collect, nixos actually uses up less disk space for me than other distros