• Franzia
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    1210 months ago

    What is NixOS? Do i need to add that to a dual boot?

    • darcy
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      1110 months ago

      a linux distro with a cool package management system. somewhat popular but not as much as arch or ubuntu.

        • darcy
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          810 months ago

          i cant say as i havent used it, but i think its supposed to be completely reproducable. i guess sort of like how the aur is basically the universal package repo for arch? the entire system can be configured in text files, so it would be great for installing the same os many times.

        • @[email protected]
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          610 months ago

          Basically you describe the entire system’s configuration in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix, including network, users, packages, dotfiles, etc. Then you run nixos-rebuild switch and boom, your computer is in that state.

    • @choroalp
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      210 months ago

      Its too big to explain in a single comment. Go to its site nixos.org for more info