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I thought I was finally finished distro hopping after I landed on Fedora, but then I found Nobara and then the whole RHEL drama started so I went back to Debian stable but then NixOS caught my attention.
It will never end
NixOS was for me the thing that stopped me from distro hopping and re-installations. I just don't care anymore to switch to anything, everything works how I want and I can focus on using it.
I’m using Debian right now, and it has been the most stable, and battery efficient distro I’ve used on my laptop. I see NixOS a lot on here, and went to look it up. I couldn’t discern really what makes it good, so may I ask for your “review” of it compared to Debian?
Adding a little to the other comment: Nix packages are fully reproducible, so you can verify they're built from the source they're claimed to be. That makes package distribution more secure. (E.g. Debian could add malicious code to some packages before compiling them, and you'd never know. Not saying they do that, but they're able to.)
Thank you for the further explanation! I was able to see from the above that it may not be an OS for a casual Linux user like myself, but I think it is awesome for someone who wants to tinker to their hearts desire and make their system their own!