Why YOU need NixOS on your desktop and servers
Why?
To stop working on your computer and start working with your computer.
NixOS has:
Declarative linux builds
Declarative package installs (package manager can be installed on any
linux too https://github.com/NixOS/nix)
Tools to deploy to servers (deploy-rs https://serokell.io/blog/deploy-rs)
Terraform to have a declarative and shareable deployment of cloud infrastructrure (terraform https://nix.dev/tutorials/nixos/deploying-nixos-using-terraform.html)
Automated declarative partitioning with disco (https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Disko)
A tool to bootstrap NixOS from any linux and replace it on a server (nixos-anywhere https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-anywhere)
The above tools can also be used on a USB stick to make an instantly
deployable desktop. If you setup a good NixOS
desktop, it is not a special root directory that a lot of work went into. It is a few files which DEPLOY into the
full-fledged thing. A good NixOS config can even delete the entire
root directory on shutdown.
Is Gentoo not good enough
Gentoo makes for a great minimal system. Not a great bloatware system.
Downsides
Installing your own software or packages not in the repo is extra annoying. All software developers on nix are also
package maintainers.
