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NixOS is complicated, it’s a new paradigm. But one thing I found very easy: getting started. I just installed NixOS Gnome on my laptop, everything worked. I added vscode , git and Firefox to the packages and I was productive. Now I try to learn bit by bit, using Nix and learning. But all the while I do have a useable laptop that just works. When I feel like I exploring, I explore and learn.

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Even better for getting started: Using nix as an additional package manager that won't fight with whatever pre-existing OS uses. My first exposure was using nix instead of homebrew on OSX.

Same. Doing it that way then gives motivation to enable it in other areas as you find yourself wanting to do things with nix more and more.

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