Lasst den Leuten doch ihre scheiß (ha) Sauna.
Recently took the leap to try it out and it’s surprisingly nice. Especially thanks to the automatic rollbacks, in case something breaks. Only took me a few years of getting nagged and learning about it, and multiple attempts at reading through the documentation.
But for a beginner? No way. NixOS has a serious documentation issue. Also the community structure is a big plus in Debian.
Aber nichts sticht ein Gläschen Haselnussgeist