alt Hacker News> No way back from there :)
Presumably because it locks your bootloader or something, such that you are unable to wipe your PC once you're finally done pulling your hair out and ready to admit defeat? ;-)
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projektfu • today at 12:39 PM
No, it's because when you finally get all your things to work you don't want to upset it. It gets very angry.
There’s a sense of order and tidiness in running Nix on multiple machines with diverse uses and hardware, all based on single configuration, that’s difficult to let go off once you’ve tried it.
It’s basically an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.