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minus-squareKISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 months agoNixOS shills be like “your entire system is set up in one single file”. They don’t tell you that the documentation looks like this: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoNGL I was THIS close to actually looking into trying nixos out, I mean the concept is intriguing. But after seeing that…
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThis may be the longest single page I’ve ever seen. The scrollbar moves almost imperceptibly.
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThat page is 17MB (of just text, no images)
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThat’s the raw documentation. There’s plenty of other articles that are actually useful.
minus-squareKnoLord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIsn’t it kinda sad that one has to rely on third-party articles to even understand the package manager/OS one wants to use?
minus-squareSylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoNobody said anything about third-party articles. The page linked above is supposed to be a reference, not a tutorial. But the official Nix website also has actual tutorials.
NixOS shills be like “your entire system is set up in one single file”.
They don’t tell you that the documentation looks like this:
https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options
NGL I was THIS close to actually looking into trying nixos out, I mean the concept is intriguing.
But after seeing that…
This may be the longest single page I’ve ever seen. The scrollbar moves almost imperceptibly.
That page is 17MB (of just text, no images)
That’s the raw documentation. There’s plenty of other articles that are actually useful.
Isn’t it kinda sad that one has to rely on third-party articles to even understand the package manager/OS one wants to use?
Nobody said anything about third-party articles. The page linked above is supposed to be a reference, not a tutorial. But the official Nix website also has actual tutorials.