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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><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is possible to manage your entire configuration using the methods documented </del>in the [<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html </del>NixOS <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">official manual</del>]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. However</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most community members who use </del>NixOS <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on the desktop prefer </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">manage their user configurations (e</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">g. "dotfiles") using [[Home Manager]] (citation needed). Home Manager is a user oriented tool for declaring what you want </del>installed and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">how you want it configured</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and thus would be used </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lieu of most settings you would otherwise put into a [https:/</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nixos.org/manual</del>/nixos/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stable/#sec-changing-config </del>configuration.nix<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] or through [[FAQ#How_can_I_manage_software_with_nix-env_like_with_configuration</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nix</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">3F|nix-env]]</del></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;">As described </ins>in the [<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[Overview of the </ins>NixOS <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Linux distribution#Declarative Configuration]</ins>], NixOS <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is designed </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be configured declaratively</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This means the entire system configuration, including </ins>installed <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">packages, system services, kernel parameters, </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">user accounts is defined in configuration files</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">typically </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;code&gt;</ins>/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">etc</ins>/nixos/configuration.nix<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;/code&gt;</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These settings can then be applied consistently and reproducibly across machines</ins>.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki:diff:1.41:old-18694:rev-27002:php=table --> </table>

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<p>Importing a new version from external source</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>It is possible to manage your entire configuration using the methods documented in the [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html NixOS official manual]. However, most community members who use NixOS on the desktop prefer to manage their user configurations (e.g. &quot;dotfiles&quot;) using [[Home Manager]] (citation needed). Home Manager is a user oriented tool for declaring what you want installed and how you want it configured, and thus would be used in lieu of most settings you would otherwise put into a [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-changing-config configuration.nix] or through [[FAQ#How_can_I_manage_software_with_nix-env_like_with_configuration.nix.3F|nix-env]]</div>

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