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Add to SafariWhen comparing NixOS vs Korora, the Slant community recommends NixOS for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux distributions for misanthropes?” NixOS is ranked 55th while Korora is ranked 94th. The most important reason people chose NixOS is:
Atomic non-destructive upgrades / rollback of a system upgrade / declarative reproducible system configuration / unprivileged installation of packages / transparent source or binary deployment.
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Pros
Pro State of the art package manager
Atomic non-destructive upgrades / rollback of a system upgrade / declarative reproducible system configuration / unprivileged installation of packages / transparent source or binary deployment.
Pro Minimal
You can start with a minimal environment and add packages and software to suit your needs as you go along.
Pro Reproducible system
NixOS is configured using the Nix package manager, allowing your system to be replicated and kept in sync across multiple machines. Great for keeping a laptop and desktop in sync.
Pro Robust
Packages don't break after a NixOS upgrade as they are prone to with other distros (especially Arch).
Pro Easy to install
Korora has its own installer, which beginners can handle too.
Pro More user-friendly than Fedora
Korora has some useful third-party software pre-installed and is configured for immediate use.
Cons
Con Documentation is not good
A lot of the documentation of various functions is buried on the source code, their respective manuals, or non-existent. The documentation, the conventions, and the scattered toolchain really made searching for stuff easily missable.
Con A configuration change might end up bricking your system
Con No longer developed
Developers are having a "break" which started on May 2 2018. The latest release is version 26.
