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So I installed Arch Linux... Is this it?
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It is better in all the ways. Newer packages, no imperative config, reproducible.
Replaces the Archwiki with basically 0 docs, a large chunk of your Linux knowledge no longer applies, you can't compile from source (even if you mostly don't need to), everything is different, the nix language kinda sucks until you "get" it, etc.
But it has a lot of advantages too if you have the time and desire to learn it.
Arch wiki is still relevant, I still use it as a reference on my NixOS box.
Your pacman and pacur (or whatever the name of the air helper soup de jour is this week) will no longer apply. Most of my linux knowledge was still applicable. You have all the same programs that run in the same way as they do on arch.
Sure you can. Want to compile everything from source? Just turn off using the cache. NixOS is a source based distro.
Also no. I use the same programs I can get on most other distros.
If you have ever used another functional language its fine.
I recently installed Nix alongside with Arch. I feel the same. After years of using Arch I spent two days to get everything configured the same as in my Arch, and I haven't finished it yet.