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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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No, because the updates are in GBs and my internet is limited. I'd rather install nixos and spend time learning it than install flatpak apps.
Updating individual applications is a pain on NixOS. You'd either have to override the attributes of the package (which can get quite ugly and complicated and does not always work) or pull in a new commit of nixpkgs that has the version you want which requires the download of a ton of other dependencies that were compiled for that specific commit of nixpkgs.
Flatpaks solved this problem for me and helped reduce the download size every time I wanted to update something.
I am ignoring size, which as much as it doesn't matter for my computer setup, is still space that can be better spent on games and video.
Damn, I guess I need to learn Nixos.