Switching from Arch Linux to NixOS

I use Arch btw Not any more. During my last post about deploying PeerTube, I considered using NixOS for the server. I eventually decided against it due to a steep learning curve, but Nix’s goal of declarative environment made me eager to try it out one day. Arch Linux has been the daily driver on my laptop for well over two years. I had no complaints with it, receiving timely updates while still being a generally stable system. However, even though reproducibility is not exactly what I need in such a device, the ability to roll back with ease as well as declare my setup in a Git repository was appealing to me. ...

16 May 2025 · 15 min · 3183 words · 이영욱