Remember the days when everyone and their pet iguana was raving about Arch Linux? You couldn't escape the ever-so-subtle "I use Arch BTW" remarks in every Linux forum. Well, move over, Arch, because NixOS is here to steal your thunder! Nowadays, it seems that you can't browse YouTube or read a blog without stumbling upon someone extolling the virtues of NixOS and how it is the epitome of computing perfection. But hey, who needs critical analysis when we can jump on the hype train and declare NixOS as the new Arch? Because that's exactly what's going on. NixOS has now become the self-proclaimed prodigy that's poised to dethrone Arch Linux as the holy grail of Linux distributions. The time is calling, my friends! It's time for you – the seasoned Linux enthusiast – to dust off your keyboard warrior capes and embark on a new crusade. So, grab your Tux plushie (or, your pitchforks if you belong to the world of devils) and let's embark on an adventure through the enigmatic world of NixOS (and let the memes commence)!
Don’t think so since the big part of what make arch appealing was the easier approach to programming on the platform. NixOS had some problems particularly the llvm and clang compilers that complained a lot about missing standard libraries and headers. Until that is addressed, it won’t be the new arch. I plan on trying it again on next weekend.
I tried searching for LLVM related issues with NixOS, but came up empty. Could you help me find more info on this?
It was discussed on Matrix channel for NixOS a long while ago. I am re-attempting NixOS to see if they have addressed the QOL for Clang/LLVM development. That was some of the issues that come up when I was working with FFI LLVM-C with C# (it uses LLVM for accelerating LINQ operations.)
I think it’s likely that you’re trying to just add clang/llvm toolchains to your development shell like this:
But you actually want something like:
Neither actually, I think the issues I encounter happened before the llvm/clang packages get renamed to llvmPackages_16.* and one of the approach I did was adding the nix-shell initialization into .bashrc at the time to workaround my ignorance of NixOS.
There weren’t a lot of documentation to address my troubles with NixOS at the time, so yesterday evening, I reinstalled NixOS on a VM and started on reading up documentation to re-learn NixOS and trying to get it working. It still confusing however, but I’m taking my time to learn NixOS with a honest try.