One of the strongest points of Linux is the package management. In 2025, the world of Linux package management is very varied, with several options available, each with their advantages and trade-offs over the others.

  • Harold@feddit.nlEnglish
    121·
    15 hours ago

    Nix (and more specifically, NixOS) made me switch to Linux as my daily driver.

    I had been using Windows since 3.11 as my daily driver, MS DOS before that. This was for web browsing, gaming, and development. Linux was my sandbox on the side, and mostly server OS throughout the years.

    Goes to show how powerful packagemanagers can be, it made me make the full switch after ~30 years. I love how my OS is now idempotent/declarative.

    • Laser@feddit.org
      8·
      15 hours ago

      NixOS as the first Linux distro is an interesting choice, definitely not bad, but probably not what most people would go for

      • Harold@feddit.nlEnglish
        3·
        11 hours ago

        Oh it certainly wasn’t the first I have ever used.

        Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, and more.

        This is just the first one that has made me ‘want to make the shift’, so to speak.

        I specialize professionally in hyper automation of all sorts of things. Long time user of PowerShell, custom built C++/C#/Java backend services. More recently also utilizing Python and Rust.

        The declarative nature of NixOS (incl. Flakes, idempotent ❤️) is what I love about it. Although I am well aware it can be quite daunting for those that prefer imperative scripting, or even ClickOps.