Nix seems incredible. I am on Kubuntu and just got into Linux as my primary OS. After about a year I finally got through most of the major pain in using Linux as a desktop. It is very quirky to say the least.

I saw a video recently on Nix and how it is basically a monolitic config that the OS builds from which contains all the OS related config and apps you want installed permanently. I really love this idea of a singular config the OS just rebuilds itself from. It is like having a docker compose file.

I have considered switching. Is it worth switching to Nix as a primary desktop OS? I need to be able to do some unusual things which Linux has a tough time with already such as wine for some audio apps and steam proton.

It feels like Nix is fundamentally different from learning a traditional Linux system. Mentally is that how I should approach it?