James R Kirk@startrek.website to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 8 days agoThe Netherlands joins Europe's gradual migration from Windows to Linux on government PCswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down11
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minus-squarejohn_tech@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up30·8 days agoPretty sure it’s because NixOS is reproducible. You can send your configs to your friend and they’ll get a file-for-file identical copy of NixOS to yours (obviously except the user files)
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoI never used it too, but it feels like something so nice for research labs
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 days agoOr for a fleet of hardware that you control and want to have predictable outcomes.
Pretty sure it’s because NixOS is reproducible. You can send your configs to your friend and they’ll get a file-for-file identical copy of NixOS to yours (obviously except the user files)
I never used it too, but it feels like something so nice for research labs
Or for a fleet of hardware that you control and want to have predictable outcomes.