Shifoo - Nix is the New Arch!
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Remember the days when everyone and their pet iguana was raving about Arch Linux? You couldn't escape the ever-so-subtle "I use Arch BTW" remarks in every Linux forum. Well, move over, Arch, because NixOS is here to steal your thunder! Nowadays, it seems that you can't browse YouTube or read a blog without stumbling upon someone extolling the virtues of NixOS and how it is the epitome of computing perfection. But hey, who needs critical analysis when we can jump on the hype train and declare NixOS as the new Arch? Because that's exactly what's going on. NixOS has now become the self-proclaimed prodigy that's poised to dethrone Arch Linux as the holy grail of Linux distributions. The time is calling, my friends! It's time for you – the seasoned Linux enthusiast – to dust off your keyboard warrior capes and embark on a new crusade. So, grab your Tux plushie (or, your pitchforks if you belong to the world of devils) and let's embark on an adventure through the enigmatic world of NixOS (and let the memes commence)!
  • TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Don’t think so since the big part of what make arch appealing was the easier approach to programming on the platform. NixOS had some problems particularly the llvm and clang compilers that complained a lot about missing standard libraries and headers. Until that is addressed, it won’t be the new arch. I plan on trying it again on next weekend.

    • ericjmorey@programming.devOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      NixOS had some problems particularly the llvm and clang compilers that complained a lot about missing standard libraries and headers.

      I tried searching for LLVM related issues with NixOS, but came up empty. Could you help me find more info on this?

      • TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It was discussed on Matrix channel for NixOS a long while ago. I am re-attempting NixOS to see if they have addressed the QOL for Clang/LLVM development. That was some of the issues that come up when I was working with FFI LLVM-C with C# (it uses LLVM for accelerating LINQ operations.)

    • adisbladis@lemmy.blad.isEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      NixOS had some problems particularly the llvm and clang compilers that complained a lot about missing standard libraries and headers.

      I think it’s likely that you’re trying to just add clang/llvm toolchains to your development shell like this:

      pkgs.mkShell { packages = [
  llvmPackages_16.clang
]; };

      But you actually want something like:

      (mkShell.override { inherit (llvmPackages_16) stdenv; }) {
  packages = [ ];
}
      • som@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        ok so i was setting up nixos, it was going good. there were a lot of docs to setup home manage and nix flakes and they are easy to do once you get some hang of it. But then i wanted to do a small project in c++ where i wanted to use a library libcpr. now you can not directly install that library and use it. (AFAIK). You have to create a flake in that project and then use it. Which BTW is the right way to do it. But also i just want to test run a 4 line code.

        To achieve that you either have to do shell.nix or a devshell. Both of which have a documentation which is scattered. It took me 4 days and also help from nixos unofficial discord server to do it. In the end i had to make a nix devshell using a different repo which set it up for you. Then make a cmake file and then and only then i was able to use it. So it has a little bit of a learning curve in the beginning where everything sort of makes sense but nothing works. Again this was all for a 4 line code. In the end some one just suggested me to use docker instead. Which is a valid solution too. But i was already too deep into devshell so I didn’t backtrack.