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[-] john_tech@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure it's because NixOS is reproducible. You can send your configs to your friend and they'll get a file-for-file identical copy of NixOS to yours (obviously except the user files)

[-] morto@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

I never used it too, but it feels like something so nice for research labs

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Or for a fleet of hardware that you control and want to have predictable outcomes.

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