On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM Baffo 32 <baff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > i guess what is nice about nixos is not just that you can go `nix > > > shell nixpkg#anythingiwantinmyenvironment` but also that it has the > > > appearance of having a huge community of people focused on defending > > > the integrity of people's software > > > > it's nice to have software integrity defended (in real p2p community > > ways, not business-centralized ways that can be coerced by criminals > > and such much more easily due to centralization of choice and > > obscurity of function > > so nixos isn't perfect but it has that inspiring demonstrating of > great effort succeeded > > but like if all your software has built from source deterministically > and all the binaries hashed and checked > > you can actually plug a device into your cpu and your ram and check > that the content of loaded pages and behavior matches what has been > checksummed elsewhere live -- like, not easily or compeltely, but it's > _much_ closer > > > > > > > > > makes me wonder what i am missing out that's happened since nixos happened
right now nixos is clearly geared toward developers. the world is hoping they get closer to making things actually reliable
