NixOS
GNU Guix
Homebrew
pacman (package manager)
Chocolatey
asdf-vm
Flatpak
Synaptic
Flox
devenv
Podman
DevBox
Daytona
ZeroVM
IBM Bluemix Container Service
Crane
Based on our record, NixOS seems to be a lot more popular than Flox. While we know about 246 links to NixOS, we've tracked only 1 mention of Flox. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
As we covered in my last post, NixOS is a amazing Linux distribution for creating stable and declared environments. Now while this is amazing for a desktop setup, it is also perfect for a home-server or home-lab. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago
Nix is a cross-platform package manager. It uses the nix programming language. Nix and NixOs are often used in the same context, but while the first is a package manager, the latter is a linux distribution based on nix. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago
Today I want to talk to you about Nixos. What is it? Nixos is a declarative and reproducible OS, partly taking the words used on their own page. What does that mean? - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago
Software developers often want to customize: 1. Their home environments: for packages (some reach for brew on MacOS) and configurations (dotfiles, and some reach for stow). 2. Their development shells: for build dependencies (compilers, SDKs, libraries), tools (LSP, linters, formatters, debuggers), and services (runtime, database). Some reach for devcontainers here. 3. Or even their operating systems: for... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
Hopping from one distro to another with a different package manager might require some time to adapt. Using a package manager that can be installed on most distro is one way to help you get to work faster. Flatpak is one of them; other alternative are Snap, Nix or Homebrew. Flatpak is a good starter, and if you have a bunch of free time, I suggest trying Nix. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago
Nix and NixOS are in something like the state git was in before GitHub: the fundamental idea is based on more serious computer science than the status quo (SVN, Docker), the plumbing still has some issues but isn’t worse, and the porcelain and docs are just not there for mainstream adoption. I think that might have changed with the release of flox: https://flox.dev, it’s basically seamless (and that’s not... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago
GNU Guix - Like Nix but GNU.
devenv - Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable dev envs
Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS
Podman - Simple debugging tool for pods and images
pacman (package manager) - The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of ...
DevBox - Everyday utilities for the everyday developer
