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unix like operating system lovers

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This is a community that is only for nerds jk. everyone who doesn't scare when seeing UNIX terminal welcome! rules:

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Hi. I am using macOS. so, what UNIX like OS are you using?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

NixOS for several years now. It's a big up-front cost but you can't go back from atomic upgrades and rollbacks.

[–] imperator 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What makes it a big up front cost? I run Arch and I'm a big fan since I get a lot of control over it and I really like having the rolling release type of distro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rather than installing packages from the command line you need to write a configuration file in nix language. This can be as simple as services.nginx.enable = true; but for complicated, multi-purpose machines (like end-user devices) the configuration can get complicated and you need to learn the language at the same time.

[–] imperator 1 points 2 years ago