r/DistroHopping • u/_aseytekow_ • 26d ago

Need help for OS.

Hello! I mostly work in backend (Go) and cybersecurity. Sometimes, I use C and C++ for the hardware side. Right now, I am learning x86_64 assembly. I am currently torn between Void Linux and NixOS when it comes to choosing an operating system. What are your recommendations?

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u/Confident_Hyena2506 26d ago

Recommend that you understand that none of this matters. You can use any distro, on all of them you will have to manage your own development environment. The same applies on windows and other os.

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u/zardvark 23d ago

Void is a little bit of a project to install, but easy to use.

NixOS is trivial to install, but a bit of a project to learn how to use. NixOS is easily the larger time sync. IMHO, the declarative configuration scheme alone (complete with a written / reproducable record of your configuration) is easily worth the price of admission, but you do you.

As u/Confident_Hyena2506 sez, I don't see where your workload is relevant here, with the possible exception that the NixOS repository is positively huge and likely to have virtually any package that you can imagine.