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NixOS Review: The Most Powerful Linux Distro in 2026? (www.youtube.com)

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[–] talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What does "powerful" distro mean? (no, I've not watched the video - just curious what it means)

[–] polle@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Probably a metric on how easy you can crash your system.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago

the metric that makes sense for that qualifier i guess is customizability. But one can argue its straightforward control of the packages that is clearly different and unique about it