A national, open-source operating system could help reduce Canada’s dependence on the U.S. while improving security and saving a surprising amount of money.
I think the same reason people don’t like NixOS is why it might be good for enterprise / government.
For personal use, it can be a pain to learn and configure everything the way that you want it. There is not as much value in having it be reproducible if you’re the only person using it
For enterprise use, the IT team can set it up and have it work the same way across every machine.
Netherlands going to NixOS? I mean ok I hate Nix but it is slightly better the MS.
Yes. I found out about the effort about their DAWO effort through lemmy. It’s only recently been in the news, and the barrier to entry should be much lower than joining the GCAP program with observer status.
If you missed it, it’s a developing story: https://lemmy.world/post/53135123
What are your arguments to hate Nix? Must have a lot to be almost as bad as Microsoft.
I think the same reason people don’t like NixOS is why it might be good for enterprise / government.
For personal use, it can be a pain to learn and configure everything the way that you want it. There is not as much value in having it be reproducible if you’re the only person using it
For enterprise use, the IT team can set it up and have it work the same way across every machine.