+++ date = "2022-05-11T01:32:45+00:00" lastmod = "2022-05-11T01:32:45+00:00" tags = [ "linux" ] author = "tdro" +++ The peculiar thing about the [`nix`](https://nixos.org/download.html#download-nix) ecosystem, is that the easiest way I've been able to convince someone to try `nix` is to first show [`nix-env`](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/nix-env.html#operation---switch-generation). Then apply the idea of declarative package management. Not too long after that they're on [`NixOS`](https://nixos.org/download#download-nixos) or using [`nix` flakes](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.html#flake-format), and have catapulted far past my own knowledge of `nix`. Only recently did I discover that in the wider ecosystem, using `nix-env` is a big no-no --- that's sort of interesting.