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Jump from Arch to NixOS?
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Your reason of "wish to start fresh" doesn't sound compelling.
Arch is stable, and works great. Biggest draw for NixOS is packages. I don't think NixOS has anything to offer in packages that I can't get in Arch. I'll not advocate switching to an experimental distro with who knows what other headache, just because I can run Debian or rpm packages. Not for a daily driver.
Do it only if you are bored or something.
I think the biggest draw for Nix is
configuration.nixand being able to centralize your system configuration. I personally find the AUR to be better in terms of software, especially from GitHub.I agree that people shouldn't jump blind into Nix without first getting to grips with it though a VM or something, tho. The learning curve is quite steep.
I absolutely jumped straight in lol it's not too bad as long as you have some time to read the wiki and play around
Default configuration the installer generates is good to get you going
Yeah, if you have the time and the inclination to sit down and learn how Nix operates, then you'll be fine.
For myself, I realized that I am happier tinkering with it now and again rather than running it as a daily driver OS.
I can't imagine using anything else at this point tbh, it's been the smoothest, cleanest experience I've ever had on Linux
It's the one that finally made me abandon windows completely and stop distro hopping