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The original was posted on /r/nixos by /u/Scandiberian on 2025-07-31 17:45:19+00:00.

What should I be aware of?

I know secure boot currently is more of a third-party thing through lanzaboote, with no official support in sight (?).

I also understand NixOS has neither SELinux nor AppArmor, also without official support in sight as far as I’m aware.

Also, Encrypted DNS, again third-party through dnscrypt-proxy2, which I heard reports from a guy saying he couldn’t even log into hotel Wi-Fi’s due to how it’s implemented.

Anything else? I want the NixOS system I’m building to be a daily driver on my laptop which I travel around with, but frankly the lack of support these things is a huge turn off. Dealbreakingly so.

Am I misunderstanding NixOS’s goals? I thought it was meant to be used for mass deployment in businesses and servers, but the lack of these features has me wondering what is the current use case.

This is not meant to be an anti-NixOS rant BTW, I’ve been enjoying using it. I just don’t want to invest too much into a system that ultimately won’t be useful for my purposes.

Many thanks for your time.