Hi everyone, someone can explain, in simple words, why considering to switch on NixOs over other distro? And the use case? I think would help a lot of people (including me) to understand it better :D
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So it's basically a more formalized API version of preinstall and postinstall scripts.
kinda, preinstall/postinstall scripts expect to run on a clean system, while NixOS can be changed without a full system wipe, you don't need to redownload/rebuild anything you've already downloaded/built.