Is there a distro with:
- Immutable root
- Active work (examples) toward reproducible packages
- A smaller learning curve than NixOS?
Could openSUSE MicroOS check the boxes for you?
I discovered it and installed it yesterday, I really like it, no bloat, no useless preinstalled apps, a pure and clean distro.
Take a look at the GNU Guix System. It’s similar to NixOS, but maybe their configuration language will be easier.
This. The nix language makes anything bigger harder. A big nix config is just hard to wrangle.
NixOS is style over substance, there is absolutely 0 reason to come with a whole new language for this and Guix is proof of that.
NixOS’ entire project is like this, they make things harder for no other reason than “it looks cooler this way”.
Vanilla OS and Blend OS are also immutable with atomic upgrades and has distrobox if you want packages from different distros.
I love vanilla OS, it runs well on my main laptop and is a pleasure to install and setup with every useful options, well made, I can’t wait for the debian version.
