NixOS and Stateless Deployment
I have yet to find a single VPS provider that offers explicit support for NixOS [1]. As much as I like the idea of NixOS, it's difficult to evaluate its utility when I cannot easily spin up a NixOS-powered VPS and kick the tires. There does not seem to be any support for NixOS on DigitalOcean [2], and the instructions I came across for Linode look daunting enough that I am unlikely to even try [3].<p>[1]: <a href="https://nixos.org/wiki/Hosting_providers_%26_NixOs" rel="nofollow">https://nixos.org/wiki/Hosting_providers_%26_NixOs</a><p>[2]: <a href="http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/suggestions/4349028-support-nixos-image" rel="nofollow">http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean...</a><p>[3]: <a href="https://nixos.org/wiki/Install_NixOS_on_Linode" rel="nofollow">https://nixos.org/wiki/Install_NixOS_on_Linode</a>