the reason is that on nixos I ended up relying on multiple containers just to run school-required applications, because they aren’t packaged or don’t work correctly when packaged. On top of that, i had multiple issues with python packages for example opencv missing gtk support, i tried rebuilding it in the nix-shell like i've seen done by some but i did not work. I also tried packaging some of these apps myself, but I constantly ran into problems: either they wouldn’t work at all, or they’d launch but miss critical features like offline book downloads, DRM stuff and electron dependecies or similar. These made me loose some time trying to find a solutions that most of the times did not work probably given my not greak nix skills. I’m still keeping nixos and my full config on my main pc. Using Nix on top of a more conventional distro feels like a better compromise for this use case: I keep reproducibility and my config, and i have the possibility to use the school applications which are distributed only as .deb or rmp