Comment by metadat

I didn't realize you could install Nix on any Linux distro. It actually looks really straightforward:

https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-install-nix-packages-o...

I'm giving it a go now in the easily undoable single-user "no-daemon" mode.

Super excited how approachable this makes Nix, I've put this off for many years due to what turned out to be an incorrect assumption about the level of commitment!