NixOS is frustrating.
The promise of the one configuration file to rule them all is defeated by a very bloated and inefficient packaging system.
`nixos-rebuild switch` results in 7113 nix files being evaluated. I'm guessing for the convenience of being able to do things like "package.enable = true"?
With only vim, git, curl, and wget selected as packages, my /nix/store is using 1.38 GiB.
#nixos
JeffTP /
npub1s2…rpkx6
2024-08-25 20:47:22
Author Public Key
npub1s23nx0ekacalktalta2kgk44cjpt7fq0vg33yz53juk26kzmqkgscrpkx6Published at
2024-08-25 20:47:22Event JSON
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"content": "NixOS is frustrating.\n\nThe promise of the one configuration file to rule them all is defeated by a very bloated and inefficient packaging system.\n\n`nixos-rebuild switch` results in 7113 nix files being evaluated. I'm guessing for the convenience of being able to do things like \"package.enable = true\"?\n\nWith only vim, git, curl, and wget selected as packages, my /nix/store is using 1.38 GiB.\n\n#nixos",
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