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Why would one use Void instead of NixOS or another Nix-based distro?

If you're into programming in C, and like simplicity, you might find more likeminded people there, similar to OpenBSD. Nix is more popular among functional programmers.

Nix is for everybody; I don't do functional programming but I still use Nix for everything. If OpenBSD is simple, or C is simple, and Void is also simple, then it sounds like I should not bother trying out Void.

I've explored potential Nix usage but I found it far to complicated and documentation on production usage rather lacking.

I would rather love something that explains me how to setup Nix on Alpine Linux and then deploy Nginx + PHP 7.1 with several websites. For desktop usage I enjoy tinkering with edge and upstream releases too much to consider Nix anyway.

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