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<p>Importing a new version from external source</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:06, 7 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>NixOS <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can be used </del>for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">many purposes</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you want </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">use it </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </del>primary desktop <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">operating system for your daily use (</del>either on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bare metal </del>or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://twitter</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">com/mitchellh/status/1346136404682625024 secondary VM])</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this page is for you. Even if your ambitions are </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">use </del>NixOS in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>cloud or on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">specially configured servers, you </del>may <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">want </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">start </del>with the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lessons outlined </del>here <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in order to get more generally familiar with </del>the Nix ecosystem.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>NixOS<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] is a versatile operating system suitable </ins>for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a wide range of use cases</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This page is intended for users who wish </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">run NixOS </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their </ins>primary desktop <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">environment, </ins>either on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">physical hardware </ins>or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">within </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">virtual machine</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Additionally</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">users planning </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deploy </ins>NixOS in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[NixOS friendly hosters|</ins>cloud<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] environments </ins>or on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">specialized server infrastructure </ins>may <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">find it helpful </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">begin </ins>with the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">concepts and practices introduced </ins>here<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, as they provide a useful foundation for working within </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">broader [[</ins>Nix ecosystem<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Importing a new version from external source</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>NixOS can be used for many purposes. If you want to use it as a primary desktop operating system for your daily use (either on bare metal or as a [https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/1346136404682625024 secondary VM]), this page is for you. Even if your ambitions are to use NixOS in the cloud or on specially configured servers, you may want to start with the lessons outlined here in order to get more generally familiar with the Nix ecosystem.</div>

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