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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the average package quality is currently closer to that of the AUR than the official repos of other distros.

Care to elaborate? I don't remember packages not working, but if anything, they're not building; which is basically the reverse of what happens at other distributions where sometimes, breakage during building isn't noticed because the packages aren't getting rebuilt when a dependency or the compiler toolchain changes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I agree that Nix handles broken packages much better than Arch, but that's more on the package managers themselves than the quality of packages.

NixOS Unstable has fairly frequent package breakages, especially for Python applications or packages using autogenerated dependencies. There are also many unmaintained packages. These unmaintained packages often get updated automatically without being tested, breaking them. Without a maintainer, some of these take a bit to be fixed.

I do think Nixpkgs packages are on average higher quality than AUR packages, they are just not up to the standards of many other repos official packages. Also, to be clear, I'm not hating on Nix or anything, I love Nix and NixOS is and has been my distro of choice for years.