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Hi everyone!

I saw that NixOS is getting popularity recently. I really have no idea why and how this OS works. Can you guys help me understanding all of this ?

Thanks !

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[–] Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because it’s the latest Cool Nerd Thing™ like Arch before it, and Gentoo before that. Most of the people raving about it probably don’t have much use for its features.

[–] ___hulk@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Solution without a problem. A cool solution but yeah.

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