# Asking tony: Is NixOS Just Hype? (2077 Edition)

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Podcast: [Linkarzu Podcast | Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/linkarzu-podcast-neovim-macos-emacs-linux-terminals-and-more-7321247)
Published: 2025-09-26T15:00:21+00:00
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## Resource

There's a community of 8 users, that are very persistent, and always trying to get you to install NixOS. They swear by it and say it's the best thing ever happened after the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel. @tony-btw is one of those users, and he will share about NixOS with us, so we can see if it's just hype, or if we should give it a try. Link to the video: https://youtu.be/lMkvCfJ_k_w What's the best way to support me? https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough Timeline: 00:00:00 - Highlights 00:01:41 - First time tony showing his face 00:03:54 - Wat's tony's youtube channel about? 00:05:27 - Is there beef with Ubuntu? Canonical? 00:07:00 - Ubuntu and gnome 00:07:53 - Marker 5 00:08:19 - Why did you start a youtube channel? 00:09:54 - Professional and technical background 00:10:53 - Operating system you started with 00:14:01 - Why did you end up in nix? Is nix hype? 00:15:21 - Should Linkarzu switch to nix? 00:16:40 - Video setup my mac with a script 00:19:29 - Do you need to compile nix every time? 00:21:35 - What about dependency issues on macOS? 00:23:21 - What about docker and kubernetes? 00:24:33 - How difficult is to compile nix? 00:26:33 - What's the best linux distro? 00:27:38 - I'm all in for stability and Debian, I don't understand why you would run Arch 00:29:57 - People say Debian is the king of stability, why? 00:32:48 - Joshua Blais has me go into signal to send him messages 00:34:35 - Is gentoo hype or just bloatware? 00:37:56 - Who is gentoo for? 00:38:54 - Thoughts on macOS? 00:43:49 - ThePrimeagen workflow video 00:44:57 - Starcraft shortcuts and influence in workflow 00:46:50 - A streamdeck is bloatware 00:47:29 - Videogames, soul reaver, vice city, wow, dota, skyrim, goldeneye 00:49…

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