# The libGL Anomaly

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Podcast: [Full Time Nix](https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-time-nix-6781970)
Published: 2026-05-03T12:21:19+00:00
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Pre-roll transcript: Before you is an episode of the Full Time Nix podcast. For silence skipping and other useful features consider using a podcast app. --- Nix and NixOS are almost too good to be true. Isolation, libraries coexisting, transparent binary cache and software that just works. Not works on my machine, just works. But is that always the case? Or... Did we manage to get ourselves into... impurities? Join us for a discussion about libGL and find out what anomalies lurk in the dark depths of our operating systems. [Nix is a lie, and that’s ok | Farid Zakaria’s Blog](https://fzakaria.com/2026/03/07/nix-is-a-lie-and-that-s-ok) [Help understanding the libGL ABI problem and possible solutions - Help - NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/help-understanding-the-libgl-abi-problem-and-possible-solutions/42022?u=mightyiam) [Spack](https://spack.io/) [nix-community/nixos-facter: Declarative hardware configuration for NixOS](https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-facter) --- Nixcademy ad transcript: Statistically speaking, Nix is a novel technology. As such, adoption comes at an immediate cost of productivity. Team members who know Nix find themselves preoccupied providing support and the emergence of anti-patterns adds technical debt. What's worse; morale is affected. But, with training, these costs can be all but elimitated. Founded by my friend and mentor Jacek Galowicz, Nixcademy have brought hundreds of team members up to speed with Nix. It's what they do. So, liberate your Nix experts, prevent technical debt and get on top of Nix and back to work better and sooner. Visit nixcademy.com . Jacek tells me that most Nixcademy clients returned their investment in training in under three months. They also provide free educational content that I recommend and a…

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