Also Docker and OVA.

I tried NixOS after many years on Debian. I cannot go back, at least not on my server.

I know people hate hearing that line, but when I have done technical support it is highly useful to know if it works properly on other machines.

Preferably identical hardware is a good starting point, but if a solution is working fine on one machine but not another it can steer you toward other client issues.

Some user complaints of " it doesnt work on my machine" have been resolved to:

• user modified, or didn't input, the correct environment variable.
• user is running a version of app not certified for that hardware config.
• user actually has no clue how computers work and didn't realize the app looking for shared network locations only works if you are on the network. Or app needing a license server can't work if it can't find the server
• user isn't understanding the requirements for the app output, so not providing the necessary input can't achieve proper output results.

As a daily-driver of nixos: basically yes.

plausible

This is actually why I installed Bazzite on my desktop and suggested it to all my friends and family who were interested in Linux.

If anyone has a problem, I'm already familiar with the distro and I can be reasonably certain that the software situation is pretty close.

Can you explain the nixOS part?

Chances are they have wildly different setup to the point that it's useful for reference at best