I'm not seeing any discussion about disk space when using immutable distros. I was running nix for a while and generally loved it. I know I can run nix-gc to clean up unused components. But, when I'm using docker I'm constantly running out of disk space. Again, I know how to use docker system prune, but it's an annoyance.
The discussion in the article talks about using containers and flatpak and snap and all those things bundle dependencies and really swell the disk usage requirements. Is there a good solution other than owning a massive SSD?
It isn't as big a problem for servers which don't change as often and where you need instant rollbacks, but I'm using immutable (or atomic distros like nixos) on my laptop and having trouble.
It makes me think I'm not using these systems correctly.
The discussion in the article talks about using containers and flatpak and snap and all those things bundle dependencies and really swell the disk usage requirements. Is there a good solution other than owning a massive SSD?
It isn't as big a problem for servers which don't change as often and where you need instant rollbacks, but I'm using immutable (or atomic distros like nixos) on my laptop and having trouble.
It makes me think I'm not using these systems correctly.