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Luckily not [1]. 1: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-x11-graphics-cards-nvidia https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-x11-graphics-card...

• amelius 5y ago
  That's because someone already did the porting and testing for you. But what if you want the latest video and CUDA drivers?
  • Apaec 5y ago
    > That's because someone already did the porting and testing for you The same happens on all package managers...
    • amelius 5y ago
      No, you can get the installer directly from the NVidia website, but only for selected platforms. If you're on a different platform, you'll have to wait until somebody ported (read: hacked) the release (or do it yourself).
  • joepie91_ 5y ago
    "not afraid to fuck up anything" likely refers more to the ability to rollback the system to any (non-deleted) previous revision of the system configuration, directly from the bootloader, which means you can easily recover even from a broken kernel. This applies regardless of whether you are packaging/updating something in the package set yourself, or using something that someone else packaged.