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The wonderful world of Linux package managers
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NixOS as the first Linux distro is an interesting choice, definitely not bad, but probably not what most people would go for
Oh it certainly wasn't the first I have ever used.
Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, and more.
This is just the first one that has made me 'want to make the shift', so to speak.
I specialize professionally in hyper automation of all sorts of things. Long time user of PowerShell, custom built C++/C#/Java backend services. More recently also utilizing Python and Rust.
The declarative nature of NixOS (incl. Flakes, idempotent ❤️) is what I love about it. Although I am well aware it can be quite daunting for those that prefer imperative scripting, or even ClickOps.