Why everyone is switching to NixOS ?
Why everyone is switching to NixOS ?
Hi everyone!
I saw that NixOS is getting popularity recently. I really have no idea why and how this OS works. Can you guys help me understanding all of this ?
Thanks !
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SYMLINKS
SYMLINKS EVERYWHERE
(also 6000 packages intalled on my system for some reason lol)
2 0 ReplyWell, Nix has a very liberal definition of a "package". Your web browser, its wrapper script, a service file, a config file; those are all technically "packages" (or "derivation" as Nix calls them).
1 0 ReplyDoesn't it have a garbage collector like guix does (
guix gc
), which cleans up everything in the store that isn't needed anymore?1 0 Replynix-collect-garbage
I configured it to run every 7 days.1 0 ReplyYep, Nix-store -gc or some such will do something like this.
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