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How does the number of packages in nixos compare to, say, arch's aur? Looking around, I see a decent selection, but I figured I would get more feedback from the

by hak8or 6y ago

How does the number of packages in nixos compare to, say, arch's aur? Looking around, I see a decent selection, but I figured I would get more feedback from the community. Also, what don't you like about nixos?

trulyrandom 6y ago
The article links to a page comparing the statistics of different package repositories: https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/newest https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/newest.
soraminazuki 6y ago
According to repology.org, NixOS outnumbers any other distros in terms of up-to-date packages[1]. And the best part is, each and every one of these packages in NixOS goes through proper review. I personally don't find any major annoyances with NixOS so far, but a lot of people do complain about the Nix language being a high barrier to entry though. However, once you grasp the basics, it makes it really easy to create your own custom packages for your favorite software thanks to the rich facilities built on top of the Nix language that just doesn't match any other system packaging tools. [1]: https://repology.org/graph/map_repo_size_fresh.svg https://repology.org/graph/map_repo_size_fresh.svg
- mekster 6y ago
  Packages are tend to be old. That's the downside of using nix over other package managers. Stuff like filebeat from ELK stack is like a year old version. Some are of course up to date but for less popular ones, you would look elsewhere to install. To bad because I like how I can install things the same for macOS and Linux, unlike Homebrew whicu gets installed in some weird /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/ dir and shell config needs to be changed.
  - soraminazuki 6y ago
    > Packages are tend to be old. That's the downside of using nix over other package managers. The stats from repology say otherwise. NixOS is the most up-to-date distro in existence. > Some are of course up to date but for less popular ones, you would look elsewhere to install. For less popular ones, it's more likely that the package won't even exist on other distros given the number of packages in nixpkgs.

by hak8or 6y ago

trulyrandom 6y ago

The article links to a page comparing the statistics of different package repositories: https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/newest https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/newest.

soraminazuki 6y ago

According to repology.org, NixOS outnumbers any other distros in terms of up-to-date packages[1]. And the best part is, each and every one of these packages in NixOS goes through proper review. I personally don't find any major annoyances with NixOS so far, but a lot of people do complain about the Nix language being a high barrier to entry though. However, once you grasp the basics, it makes it really easy to create your own custom packages for your favorite software thanks to the rich facilities built on top of the Nix language that just doesn't match any other system packaging tools. [1]: https://repology.org/graph/map_repo_size_fresh.svg https://repology.org/graph/map_repo_size_fresh.svg

mekster 6y ago
Packages are tend to be old. That's the downside of using nix over other package managers. Stuff like filebeat from ELK stack is like a year old version. Some are of course up to date but for less popular ones, you would look elsewhere to install. To bad because I like how I can install things the same for macOS and Linux, unlike Homebrew whicu gets installed in some weird /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/ dir and shell config needs to be changed.
- soraminazuki 6y ago
  > Packages are tend to be old. That's the downside of using nix over other package managers. The stats from repology say otherwise. NixOS is the most up-to-date distro in existence. > Some are of course up to date but for less popular ones, you would look elsewhere to install. For less popular ones, it's more likely that the package won't even exist on other distros given the number of packages in nixpkgs.