Sorry dude, I missed this notification. NixOS is a bit of a challenge. The key to understanding it is to know a bit of functional programming, as Nix (the language) is of this kind.

Of course not everyone is going to learn how to setup a system using Nix because there are far easier methods and honestly they are right, but what Nix gives you is the ability to precisely every single small part of your operating system or more generically your package. (The OS is a big package for it).

I wouldn’t suggest NixOS to anyone that started recently to use Linux, but I must say that with a bit of practice, even without being a pro in the Nix language, you can do very interesting things. The con of this is that NixOS shields you from learning the basics of Linux, as it configures everything for you and you will rarely touch configuration files etc.

My suggestion is to definitely have some practice with Linux at first and then make the switch. If you need help pm me

Hello from late 2013 MacBook Pro with NixOS

Hardware ones, as everybody