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date: "2023-01-07T04:00:00-07:00"
title: "NixOS Challenge, pt 1"
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So, I had a bit of free time between Christmas and New Years, so I decided to blow away my [Dell XPS13](/tags/xps) install of [ArchLinux](https://www.archlinux.org) which has been on the for a long time now and install [NixOS](https://www.nixos.org).  I have been playing with it for a bit on some other [computers](/tags/r810), so I started with a mainly working config.

I was able to complete a week of work on the new OS just fine.  In fact, the only two issues I currently have is that the version of [darktable](https://darktable.org) is behind (4.0 vs. just released 4.2) and my [qutebrowser](https://www.qutebrowser.org) is not playing any [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) protected content like Netflix or Amazon streaming.  I am not sure if that is NixOS or qutebrowser.  I should look into it more, but for now I am just using [firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) when I need to access that suff.

I am pretty immpressed that I have not had to change any of my workflows yet, just edit some scripts and install a few things.  But, the nice thing is that I can now reproduce my main workstation on a spare laptop in very short order now.