Took me an hour and a half of messing with it but I finally got around to installing nix (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Valarie@lemmygrad.ml to c/nixos@lemmy.ml

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The reason it took so long is because I was trying to install it on a shitty macbook from like 2012 but I managed it and tommorow I am gonna start working on actually using it

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top new old

[-] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'll be interested in your experience. I've taken several runs at using nixos for servers and haven't had great experience with it.

Each time I think, "nixos might be perfect for this", I end up hitting a configuration wall that's a deal breaker.

I'm not trashing nixos. Just haven't been able to get it to work for me yet.

[-] Valarie@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I tend to swap what OS I run fully about every 6 months because I get tired of my current run but because it is a fully new to me system and I have been too busy to stay in practice on my Linux handling I decided to put it on a laptop first just to try it out

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026

6 points (100.0% liked)

nixos

1598 readers

1 users here now

All about NixOS - https://nixos.org/

founded 6 years ago