Hi, > Hey Roland, can you tell which package manager GUI do you like best? I usually don't use package manager GUIs, since I usually use Debian and know the Debian package manager commandline-tools quite well and am much faster with those (and because I don't like GUI-programs which need root-access).
For Nix (on Debian), I usually use nix-env. But as a Nix-beginner (currently using Nix only for a few programs on Debian), I would like such a GUI, since it would make it easier to use Nix, without having to read all manpages and without having to remember the commandline-parameters. > I'm addicted to command line interface because Commandline-interfaces are simply unbeatable for power-users, I know that. I guess that most of the users on this list will probably never use such a GUI. But: I think such a GUI would make it much more easier for not-yet-Nix-users to try Nix -- since Nix is useful on every Linux-distribution. And it would make it easier to use Nix for "non-geek" Linux-users, which don't like commandline- interfaces/don't know what to do with a commandline. So, I think such a GUI could bring more users to Nix and maybe finally to NixOS. And of course it's fine if they use the commandline-tools later. ;) regards Roland _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
