Yes you absolutely can just install nix[1] it should work on any Linux, I used it in OS X myself and some things are slightly less smooth than Linux, but it still works well. I also highly suggest to start with Nix Pills[2] it goes so by step how to create derivations and conventions in nixpkgs.
Once you get familiar, you can see how you can make a reproducible dev environment, the author has a blog how to do it for rust[3] but many things still apply, I for example did a template for python [4], I eventually plan to put a less trivial app with unit tests once I get some free time.
Once you get familiar, you can see how you can make a reproducible dev environment, the author has a blog how to do it for rust[3] but many things still apply, I for example did a template for python [4], I eventually plan to put a less trivial app with unit tests once I get some free time.
[1] https://nixos.org/nix/
[2] https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/index.html
[3] https://christine.website/blog/how-i-start-nix-2020-03-08
[4] https://github.com/takeda/example_python_project