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But it's source-based (with a binary cache)
It takes like 10 seconds to install a package. Get benefits of Source based distros while still being fast af + No dependency hell
That binary cache means you don't have to compile anything the distro provides. Same as any binary distro.
but with a simple
--substitute falseyou can make it compile on install. I love nixYes, or if you override something you'll compile that thing and anything depending on it. If you override glibc, you'll recompile pretty much the entire system!
true,
--substitute falsewill compile all dependencies, down to the compiler itself, but a simple (/s)will compile just the chosen package, skipping dependencies, and compare it against the cached binary in the repo to ensure they're equivalent.
I could have gotten that nix-build command slightly off as I'm typing this from memory. I am also saying most of this in jest as they aren't really solutions to anything mentioned above and I moreso find them interesting features.