I don't know. Not much about all this setup feels appealing. The apparent learning curve for nix looks...steep. I've been using linux for a pretty long time (I think kernel 2.1 was fresh when I started). I've done the slackwares and debians and redhats and arches and gentoos etc. And I have zero desire to put such effort into having a working system.
I realize the post is prefaced with a warning that it's over-engineered. I guess my question is- can I use nix without going so hard down the rabbit hole? I don't think I have the time to invest like my gentoo (read: teenage) years.
I'm pretty satisfied with doing a minimal install of fedora, setting up i3 and firefox and calling it a day. Maybe I'm just older and more crotchety than I thought.
I don't know. Not much about all this setup feels appealing. The apparent learning curve for nix looks...steep. I've been using linux for a pretty long time (I think kernel 2.1 was fresh when I started). I've done the slackwares and debians and redhats and arches and gentoos etc. And I have zero desire to put such effort into having a working system.
I realize the post is prefaced with a warning that it's over-engineered. I guess my question is- can I use nix without going so hard down the rabbit hole? I don't think I have the time to invest like my gentoo (read: teenage) years.
I'm pretty satisfied with doing a minimal install of fedora, setting up i3 and firefox and calling it a day. Maybe I'm just older and more crotchety than I thought.