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		msm_ on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NixOS Wiki – the unofficial user wiki It's not that bad if you just want to use/configure existing software - I often find exactly what I'm looking for by googling "[software i want to use] nixos". It gets harder when you start to write your own derivations.

ydlr on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

That is true of any distro. Packaging software for NixOS is still easier than arch or Debian.

RealStickman_ on Sept 19, 2023 | [–]

I maintain multiple packages on the AUR and PKGBUILDs are pretty easy to understand imo. I only had a look at one or two Nix package builds and they seemed much more complex to me.

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