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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Through My Eyes (Posts about arch)</title><link>https://mrinalpurohit.in/</link><description></description><atom:link href="https://mrinalpurohit.in/categories/arch.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:24:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Nikola (getnikola.com)</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Was trying out Nix all for nix?</title><link>https://mrinalpurohit.in/blog/was-trying-out-nix-all-for-nix/</link><dc:creator>Mrinal Purohit</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I searched for what "nix" means just to see if I could make a
funny title out of it. For the lazy, "nix" means "nothing." It's been a
long time since I wrote a post and I thought I'd write on my recent
learning and experiences using NixOS and Nix (the package manager). You
know how when you have your machine stable and working without issues
for a while and you have this itch to try something shiny? No? Yes? Only
me? Okay. So that's exactly what happened after I'd been using Arch
Linux for 4 years. Long story short, I like NixOS so far after my usage
of 4 months. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://mrinalpurohit.in/blog/was-trying-out-nix-all-for-nix/"&gt;Read more…&lt;/a&gt; (3 min remaining to read)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>arch</category><category>development</category><category>haskell</category><category>linux</category><category>nix</category><category>nixos</category><category>programming</category><guid>https://mrinalpurohit.in/blog/was-trying-out-nix-all-for-nix/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:27:45 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>