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You do not need NixOS on the desktop

A critique of NixOS for use on your workstation.

I had a lot of problems during these few months, which many others have already summarised - the documentation is lacking, the errors are opaque, and it feels like there's infinitely many ways to do a single thing. However, the benefits of an immutable system with a mutable home and containers is so obviously a good thing I can't see how people will be moving away from it. The improvement in ergonomics over Docker compose files is noticeable, and with the experience I've gained from using NixOS on the desktop for a year, I'm sure I can reap the rewards of it on the server.

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