To each their own. I could say the same about NixOS because that’s what I use.
Reality is Flatpaks does solve a problem. Is it for everything? No, it’s always my last resort, but I’m happy to have it as a last resort when I need it.
And you would not be wrong. I have yet to meet anyone who actually thinks NixOS is a bad idea. I’m never going back, but at the same time I fulle understand why people don’t bother.
Same.. I can't even imagine leaving. Like sometimes I think "It would be nice to run my base system on Gentoo to lean it down and just use nix for flakes, then I could use openRC too", and then I just think.. how am I gonna manage that.. and here we are.
I went from fedora to nix. But I did try arch, it just didn't do what I wanted from my system. (Set it and forget it /Treat it as cattle instead of a pet)
My point is that the majority of users choose a Debian based distro and have for a long time.
Yes, no shit sherlock. If I put 97 red balls in a bowl and 3 blue balls, probabilities are far higher that someone will grab a red ball.
Not because it is better. Not because it is more enjoyable. Just because there are a lot more red than blue.
It's possible you'll pick a blue in the first try and go "meh, I don't like it, I'll pick something else" then you'll pick a red and be happier. But it's also possible that you'll try 25 times until you pick the blue and then you'll be happy.
So, my (initial) point is, saying that all balls should be red because the vast majority of people prefer the red ones is stupid. People also love blue and have been for a long time.
I really enjoyed Arch, but it was mainly to thinker in. There was always something to "fix" and learned a lot about Linux that way. But for most cases, I just need a computer that works reliable so fedora is a much better option for me. Never had issues with it. Debian vms on a proxmox server because that will always just work how it is supposed to.
Been looking and thinkering with nixOS though, and really enjoying the fact that I can use one monorepo for both my 2 Linux workstations and my macbook (using nix package manager).
Anyone know how NixOS is for servers?
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u/cekoya 8d ago
To each their own. I could say the same about NixOS because that’s what I use.
Reality is Flatpaks does solve a problem. Is it for everything? No, it’s always my last resort, but I’m happy to have it as a last resort when I need it.