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grawp on Nov 22, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Learn Nix

Thisss! I'm very disappointed that most people seriously misunderstand what Nix is. Some calls it just another package manager and others dare to call it another Docker... while i'm screaming in horror internally.

piaste on Nov 22, 2021 [–]

> Some calls it just another package manager and others dare to call it another Docker

To be fair, when it gets installed on a personal, non-developer desktop machine, Docker typically is just another package manager.

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