https://diode.zone/videos/watch/0a012e02-6f9f-41f1-a835-d5a007b972af My thoughts and impression on functional package managers and operating systems based on those PMs. That means NixOS and Guix System will be discussed and compared too. 0:00 Technical difficulties 1:10 Introduction, Functional package managers and OSes 7:10 Proprietary Software 10:30 Other operating system you can install those PMs 12:30 # of packages, main repositories 19:00 Documentation 22:30 Nix inconsistency 29:00 Service managers 33:30 Package build scripts 35:30 Version pinning 40:00 Consistency 40:45 Bootstrapping 43:20 NixOS modules 49:00 Conclusion #nix #guix IRC and Matrix Chat: #tropin channel at libera.chat https://libera.chat/guides/faq#can-i-connect-with-matrix Org file with comparison table and notes: https://gist.github.com/abcdw/e54807b0a25e61fe2cf1bf8991410f83 Repository with configs: https://github.com/abcdw/rde https://sr.ht/~abcdw/rde Other tags: #gnu #linux #rde Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:27:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://diode.zone https://diode.zone/lazy-static/avatars/61b689b7-84d5-43c7-9fa8-e63a7fd1d952.png https://diode.zone/videos/watch/0a012e02-6f9f-41f1-a835-d5a007b972af All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://diode.zone/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.