Upgrade Your Development Environments with Devbox (alan.norbauer.com) 6 points by pushtheenvelope 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] cabirum 2y ago ↗ > There are no VMs or containers> an operating system (NixOS)> Nix is there under the covers, but you don’t need to know anything aboutHow exactly does Nix run without using containers or VMs? [–] object-a 2y ago ↗ Devbox is using Nix the Package Manager, not Nix the Operating System. The Nix Package Manager can run on macOS and Linux without needing a container or VM, since it installs the packages natively.
[–] object-a 2y ago ↗ Devbox is using Nix the Package Manager, not Nix the Operating System. The Nix Package Manager can run on macOS and Linux without needing a container or VM, since it installs the packages natively.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 11.8 ms ] thread> an operating system (NixOS)
> Nix is there under the covers, but you don’t need to know anything about
How exactly does Nix run without using containers or VMs?