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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What is NixOS? Do i need to add that to a dual boot?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

a linux distro with a cool package management system. somewhat popular but not as much as arch or ubuntu.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh dang. What's its package system like?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

i cant say as i havent used it, but i think its supposed to be completely reproducable. i guess sort of like how the aur is basically the universal package repo for arch? the entire system can be configured in text files, so it would be great for installing the same os many times.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Basically you describe the entire system's configuration in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix, including network, users, packages, dotfiles, etc. Then you run nixos-rebuild switch and boom, your computer is in that state.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Its too big to explain in a single comment. Go to its site nixos.org for more info