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NixOS, this thing is written by wizards for wizards, not for mere mortals like me, I'ma stick to my gentoo, thank you very much
This is a first for me. I was able to pick up nixos pretty well but gentoo scares me
Gentoo isn't scary, take your time and play in a VM - you'll learn to love it's flexibility