Welcome to my Linux distro showdown! I'll rank Linux distributions based on my personal experience and factors like stability, package manager, community support, privacy/security, & customizat...
I agree that Nix handles broken packages much better than Arch, but that’s more on the package managers themselves than the quality of packages.
NixOS Unstable has fairly frequent package breakages, especially for Python applications or packages using autogenerated dependencies. There are also many unmaintained packages. These unmaintained packages often get updated automatically without being tested, breaking them. Without a maintainer, some of these take a bit to be fixed.
I do think Nixpkgs packages are on average higher quality than AUR packages, they are just not up to the standards of many other repos official packages. Also, to be clear, I’m not hating on Nix or anything, I love Nix and NixOS is and has been my distro of choice for years.
I agree that Nix handles broken packages much better than Arch, but that’s more on the package managers themselves than the quality of packages.
NixOS Unstable has fairly frequent package breakages, especially for Python applications or packages using autogenerated dependencies. There are also many unmaintained packages. These unmaintained packages often get updated automatically without being tested, breaking them. Without a maintainer, some of these take a bit to be fixed.
I do think Nixpkgs packages are on average higher quality than AUR packages, they are just not up to the standards of many other repos official packages. Also, to be clear, I’m not hating on Nix or anything, I love Nix and NixOS is and has been my distro of choice for years.