Comments on: Nix – The Purely Functional Package Manager for Linux

By: dragonmouth

dragonmouth — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:40:09 +0000

What do you mean by "purely functional"? Aren't dpkg, apt, rpm, dnf, Synaptic, etc also "functional"?

By: dragonmouth

dragonmouth — Thu, 02 May 2019 23:07:04 +0000

In reply to QQW.

“Seriously, is this what Linux has become? A platform where the wheel is reinvented over, and over, and over again?”

Linux’s biggest strength of freedom to do your own thing is also its biggest weakness. Anybody who can code thinks they can build a better wheel or a better mouse trap.

By: Aaron Kili

Aaron Kili — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:41:40 +0000

In reply to QQW.

@QQW

Many thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

By: QQW

QQW — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:34:16 +0000

Indeed. Let’s reinvent the wheel yet again, for the umpteenth time – after all, Linux has, how many different package managers? Tens? Scores? I am somewhat surprised this one does not come with a new terminal emulator, of which we have dozens as well.

Seriously, is this what Linux has become? A platform where the wheel is reinvented over, and over, and over again?

By: Aaron Kili

Aaron Kili — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 08:21:00 +0000

In reply to Peter Gossner.

@Peter

Many thanks for sharing this, we will check it out.