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Why I switched to NixOS (And why you should, too) - Márcio Sobel (blog.marciosobel.dev)
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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can I ask about the last bit? Is it like having different dev environments or profiles, and you can just use them as needed?

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

To also answer your question directly: yes, this was indeed one of two initial motivations for Nix!