So I am not a professional programmer, but I do like to tinker with projects and just teach myself stuff (in python and now rust). I currently just install stuff on my linux distro off of the repos or anaconda for python. I’ve never had any particular issue or anything. I was thinking about maybe moving projects into a container just so that they are more cleanly separated from my base install. I am mostly wondering about how the community uses containers and when they are most appropriate and when they are more issue than they are worth. I think it will be good for learning, but want to hear from people who do it for a living.

  • @InternetCitizen2OP
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    29 months ago

    Thank you for your thoughtful reply, but does nix package manager need to be using NixOS?

    • Lupec
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      49 months ago

      It doesn’t, you can install it on mostly any Linux distro

      • @InternetCitizen2OP
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        29 months ago

        Will toy around with it, thank you for the suggestion!