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Shuttleworth: Not convinced by rolling releases

Shuttleworth: Not convinced by rolling releases

Posted Mar 20, 2013 12:36 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Shuttleworth: Not convinced by rolling releases by renox
Parent article: Shuttleworth: Not convinced by rolling releases

No, I'm not confusing anything. NixOS compiles packets on install, just like Gentoo. That also allows it to install local packages for non-privileged users.


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Shuttleworth: Not convinced by rolling releases

Posted Mar 20, 2013 12:51 UTC (Wed) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]

OK, thanks for the clarification, I clearly misunderstood how NixOS works.

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