• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    410 days ago

    It sounds like a cool distro but I don’t see any advantages compared to NixOS, aside from maybe the option to make it more minimal for constrained environments.

    • @[email protected]OP
      link
      fedilink
      49 days ago

      it’s a lot less scuffed in some ways while still giving you a lot of control and a lot of tools for declarative system management. it’s also waaay better documented. it’s comfy.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      29 days ago

      Completely different – nixos is about repeatability, while Gentoo is about build optimization, customization, and performance.

    • CarrotsHaveEars
      link
      fedilink
      29 days ago

      Why does every one need to compare every distro to NixOS? We get it. It’s neat. It’s immutable. It’s indestructible. But they are fundamentally different stuffs.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        24 days ago

        You can set it up to compile all your software yourself with the exact options you want, just like Gentoo. Not how most people use it, but still, NixOS can fulfill some of the same roles as Gentoo, they are very comparable.