@toriyuno Now I think about it... it doesn't really differ. The only difference I guess is that it's only available within that sandbox - I tend to use it as a "let's try this program" and if I don't like it, I don't have to go through the "ugh, time to uninstall it" phase - it just doesn't exist outside of the sandbox.

@toriyuno I personally think it's great - it's an operating system that's really complex to setup and get to grips with, but once you've got a good configuration, it's wonderful.

I love Nix's ability to just create sandboxes with a single command. If I want to "try out" a program for example but don't want to go through the full install process, I can open up a nix-shell with whatever programs I want and test them right there and then without affecting the whole system.

@oxmox VMs are slow on a laptop. I initially installed NixOS with the intention of deleting Windows later on down the line... I just haven't gotten round to it. (It's nice to know that if everything goes horribly wrong, I'm not without a working laptop if I'm out and about - I've had issues where my incompetence has damaged bootloaders in the past)

@metamourge NixOS is pretty wild - the configuration thing is something I really do like about it. Installing programs is a breeze (add it to the configuration) and uninstalling is even easier.

Downside with NixOS is the learning curve is steep. Also, if the programs you want aren't available in Nix, it's a pain to install.

That sounds awesome, yes yes yes!

If you want some challenging projects, try ProjectEuler - it has tonnes of programming problems which you can solve in whatever language you prefer

@asosnovsky @amahlaka @Koolstr Thanks for all your encouraging support! With @dfox help, I have released a build on my github: https://github.com/Skepter/...

Given that I've always been addicted to Cyanogenmod until they shut down, DU somewhat blew me away with its ease of use and customisability. I'd recommend it if you're into that kind of thing

@DustInCompetent The library of Babel only contains lowercase letters, commas, spaces and periods, whereas pi in binary are made of ones and zeros which can contain any information possible