[HN Gopher] NixOS Server Up in Minutes
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       NixOS Server Up in Minutes
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2024-09-16 18:14 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | sandreas wrote:
       | Ok, now with ZFS encrypted root and zfs-auto-snapshot please ;)
       | Just kidding, great article, thank you.
        
         | kkfx wrote:
         | it's fully supported, my main desktop is NixOS on zfs crypto
         | root. I do not use auto-snapshots but they are supported as
         | well.
        
       | jesuslop wrote:
       | I'm reading Ansible for devops (imperative, isn't it) but find
       | declarative configuration management intriguing also. On paper
       | NixOS premise is wow, super. But some random blogging say that
       | not so much in real life. How's adoption/hurdles, in the field?
        
         | kkfx wrote:
         | For me there are two:
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         | - the nix language, very little digestible
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         | - a somewhat disperse community
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         | But it's still pretty usable and EXTREMELY better than
         | mainstream distros automated with Ansible. The real issue is
         | that most people still do not know such systems (NixOS/Guix
         | System) do exists and they are arguably the future.
        
         | clhodapp wrote:
         | The biggest issues are the learning curve (long-standing) and
         | some growing social fractures in the community (boiled over
         | more recently)
        
         | viraptor wrote:
         | Random blogging has been complaining about imperative approach
         | to management for a long time as well. There's a lot of nuance
         | in different cases, but both have their bad/good sides. Having
         | used both a lot, I'm using nix on everything these days though.
         | You'll have to try and experience them yourself.
        
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