Same issue, I still use nix on m’y laptop because it’s neat as can be, but I have to admit developing on nix can be quite a hassle if you don’t go it “the nix way”, moreover some packages don’t work as well because nix doesn’t link binaries the standard way (zed editor for example)

I’ve never bien able to get printing to work on arch, void or nixos.

For some reason though debian, fedora, open s’use ans their derivatives have been easier than on windows

FOSS keeps winning it’s Insane!

I’ll add upon what others have said here, for me the main downside is the size they take on disk since they don’t really share dependencies (they do but not as efficiently as native or nix packages) so they take a lot of room and take a while to update. Otherwise they’re amazing IMO and you should use them! :)

Sure yeah but its what we have. I’m personally rooting for nixpkgs but they might be too complicated to setup for the average Joe.

I actually have a shirt with it, it slays so fucking hard it’s insane

Let’s freaking gooooo!

If I recall correctly, yes, mostly this should deal with a lot of bugs