I would have loved to use NixOS as my daily driver, but it's impossible to find software on par with Mac's offerings; open-source solutions are lower quality.
I'm in the power user category, needing a wide variety of tools like photogrammetry, vector editing, and 3D software.
I'm mostly a huge fan of letting an AI agent like GPT rice my NixOS shell it's totally crazy 🔥
nico20/07/2026
void linux + nixos
nico20/07/2026
demo : nixos + niri + kitty
nico20/07/2026
GPT 5.6 Sol {Medium} Codex CLI one-shot the NixOS Minimal ISO installation on my Chromebook c720p (2 cores, 2GB RAM, MrChromebox flash) in 22 minutes, including disk partitioning, formatting, etc..
Works with frontier models, but also strives to be as reliable as possible with smaller models, including local ones. Designed for tight context windows and limited resources. Free, open-source, and easy to set up.