I had already converted my home manager configuration into normal config files and was using Home Manager just to manage symlinks.
I was using Nix for system configuration but that doesn’t mean that I forgot how to set up a Linux system by more conventional methods (it’s like learning how to ride a bike). While I do like the declarative aspect, doing everything in one language didn’t appeal anymore after over a year of using NixOS…
Also, I wanted a package manager that told me what packages would be updated, and which let me search packages from the command line easily… Nix didn’t provide that and it was annoying me.
I do miss flake.nix or shell.nix files and Nix shells though. But XBPS (Void’s package manager) has its fair share of cool things as well and seems easier to understand, which is a bonus.
I had already converted my home manager configuration into normal config files and was using Home Manager just to manage symlinks.
I was using Nix for system configuration but that doesn’t mean that I forgot how to set up a Linux system by more conventional methods (it’s like learning how to ride a bike). While I do like the declarative aspect, doing everything in one language didn’t appeal anymore after over a year of using NixOS…
Also, I wanted a package manager that told me what packages would be updated, and which let me search packages from the command line easily… Nix didn’t provide that and it was annoying me.
I do miss flake.nix or shell.nix files and Nix shells though. But XBPS (Void’s package manager) has its fair share of cool things as well and seems easier to understand, which is a bonus.