US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem

Finally. Been saying for years, NixOS is the obvious choice for a gov distro.

Honest question.

My guess would be the deterministic configuration management. If it’s for a personal machine then do what you want to make it your own but if it’s an organization (e.g. government) you want the machines to be as similar as possible to reduce maintenance. Think cattle, not pets.

Ansible is a thing though. It is also a more complete, mature and easily substitutable solution vs pinning your hopes on a single distro.

Programmers like NixOS because they are programmers.

Ansible is US-owned. Even though it’s open source, Redhat, a US company, is the one that controls its lifecycle.

NixOS is based out of the EU.