• SavvyWolf@pawb.social
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    7 days ago

    As I understand it, the problem that both Nix and Docker try to solve is “How do I bundle and run this application in such a way that its dependencies are explicitly specified and don’t interfere with anything installed on the host system”.

    They have different approaches, but I think that goal is the same?

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      6 days ago

      That’s Nix, not NixOS.

      I also wouldn’t be too sure on that “explicit” part for Docker. It’s somewhat isolated, sure, but everything but explicit: you can download arbitrary data from wherever you like.