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Is NixOS at the advent of an implosion? | Community inquiry on recent drama (discuss.online)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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NixOS' influence and importance at pushing Linux forward into the (previously) unexplored landscape of configuring your complete system through a single config file is undeniable. It's been a wild ride, but it was well worth it.

And although it has only been relatively recently that it has lost its niche status, the recent influx of so-called 'immutable' distros springing up like mushrooms is undeniably linked to and inspired by NixOS.

However, unfortunately, while this should have been very exciting times for what's yet to come, the recent drama surrounding the project has definitely tarnished how the project is perceived.

NixOS' ideas will definitely live on regardless. But how do you envision NixOS' own future? Any ETA's for when this drama will end? Which lessons have we learned (so far) from this drama? Are there any winners as a result of this drama? Could something like this happen to any distro?

In case you're out of the loop. Though, there's a lot that has transpired since but which hasn't been rigorously documented at a single place; like how 4 out of 5 NixOS board members have quit over the last 2 months or so.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Immutablity is like Wayland or Flatpak, ready for prime time for a subset of users and still in development which means they can only improve.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wayland is meant to fully replace X11 and become the standard. Immutability as the idea itself has significant features that are advantages for some users but disadvantages or even deal breakers for others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I can't agree. Wayland should be THE display system we use. Flatpak can't achieve full market dominance because the command line experience (especially for using cli apps) still sucks (and that's where snaps come in to play). Immutable distros target an even smaller subset of users. Not only are they unsuitable for some use cases, but they're also in complete opposition to some people's workflows.