Cheatsheet: Revision history

8 March 2025

• curprev 23:0423:04, 8 March 2025 SigmaSquadron talk contribs m 14,583 bytes +201 →Add files to the store: Added warning for users remounting the store as RW. This is a bit of a hand-holding warning, so feel free to revert if you think it unnecessary. That said, there has been a number of support requests on Matrix from users who inadvertently deleted important files in the store.

30 October 2024

• curprev 14:5014:50, 30 October 2024 SigmaSquadron talk contribs m 14,382 bytes −125 Remove the Ubuntu comparison as the main page now has a separate link to it.

10 October 2024

• curprev 19:5219:52, 10 October 2024 Frontear talk contribs 14,507 bytes 0 change an unnecessarily complicated example and link to main cross compiling page, which I am going to overhaul. Tag: Visual edit

15 June 2024

• curprev 18:4518:45, 15 June 2024 Rhendric talk contribs 14,507 bytes +230 →Explore a NixOS configuration in the REPL Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 18:4018:40, 15 June 2024 Rhendric talk contribs 14,277 bytes +954 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched

6 June 2024

• curprev 08:5008:50, 6 June 2024 Cdro talk contribs m 13,323 bytes +110 Replace backticks with proper formatting Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 08:4708:47, 6 June 2024 Cdro talk contribs m 13,213 bytes 0 →See also: Fix list formatting Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 08:4608:46, 6 June 2024 Cdro talk contribs 13,213 bytes 0 Replace nixos with NixOS Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 08:4408:44, 6 June 2024 Cdro talk contribs 13,213 bytes +586 →Working with the nix store: Add section Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 08:2308:23, 6 June 2024 Cdro talk contribs 12,627 bytes −6 →Adding files to the store: Fix heading Tag: Visual edit

3 April 2024

• curprev 22:3322:33, 3 April 2024 Jopejoe1 talk contribs m 12,633 bytes −1 Convert Markdown link to mediawiki link Tag: Visual edit: Switched

13 September 2023

• curprev 20:4620:46, 13 September 2023 imported>Mib m 12,634 bytes +19 Fix indentation in code example

10 July 2023

• curprev 04:5604:56, 10 July 2023 imported>ErnstderLage m 12,615 bytes +70 add flake repl load
• curprev 04:5104:51, 10 July 2023 imported>ErnstderLage m 12,545 bytes +117 add load none flakes configuration

13 November 2022

• curprev 13:3313:33, 13 November 2022 imported>Visortelle 12,428 bytes 0 No edit summary

18 August 2022

• curprev 15:4615:46, 18 August 2022 imported>Nix 12,428 bytes +209 Restore the original main section which was broken out into a new page

7 July 2022

• curprev 22:3922:39, 7 July 2022 imported>Fricklerhandwerk 12,219 bytes −295 remove redundant mention of secrets management overview
• curprev 22:3522:35, 7 July 2022 imported>Fricklerhandwerk 12,514 bytes −14,469 move comparison table to Ubuntu vs. NixOS

1 April 2022

• curprev 04:0504:05, 1 April 2022 imported>DerickEddington m 26,983 bytes +16 Fix command for getting patched sources.

20 September 2021

• curprev 06:2806:28, 20 September 2021 imported>Nix m 26,967 bytes +45 add to Software and Cookbook categories
• curprev 04:5004:50, 20 September 2021 imported>Nix m 26,922 bytes +4 →A NixOS cheat sheet and comparison to Ubuntu: move TODO to a comment
• curprev 03:4703:47, 20 September 2021 imported>Nix 26,918 bytes −158 add a wide page notice

17 August 2021

• curprev 20:5120:51, 17 August 2021 imported>Sorrel 27,076 bytes −9 →A NixOS cheat sheet and comparison to Ubuntu: stdenv.lib is deprecated, https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/108938

6 June 2021

• curprev 02:5002:50, 6 June 2021 imported>Artturin 27,085 bytes +336 add Using override with nix-build

23 April 2021

• curprev 05:3505:35, 23 April 2021 imported>Legendofmiracles m 26,749 bytes −1 small issues

2 April 2021

• curprev 18:3218:32, 2 April 2021 imported>Mkohler m 26,750 bytes −3 "direct dependencies" is more clear than "immediate dependencies"
• curprev 17:4017:40, 2 April 2021 imported>Mkohler 26,753 bytes +231 Simplify command for showing the package dependencies of the system

28 March 2021

• curprev 13:5713:57, 28 March 2021 imported>InLaw m 26,522 bytes +297 add Comparison_of_secret_managing_schemes
• curprev 13:5013:50, 28 March 2021 imported>InLaw m 26,225 bytes +58 Install a binary package - nix-ld

24 March 2021

• curprev 08:1608:16, 24 March 2021 imported>Dramforever 26,167 bytes +131 No edit summary

22 March 2021

• curprev 09:3009:30, 22 March 2021 imported>Dramforever 26,036 bytes +1,157 No edit summary

1 February 2021

• curprev 15:2715:27, 1 February 2021 imported>Dschrempf m 24,879 bytes +22 Bolden todo items
• curprev 15:2515:25, 1 February 2021 imported>Dschrempf m 24,857 bytes −34 →A NixOS cheat sheet and comparison to Ubuntu: Bold table headlines; sort out some mess at "Package management"
• curprev 15:1615:16, 1 February 2021 imported>Dschrempf m 24,891 bytes −12 Reduce headline
• curprev 15:1315:13, 1 February 2021 imported>Dschrempf m 24,903 bytes +35 Readd horizontal line (sorry was using other theme), some grammatical fixes.
• curprev 15:0615:06, 1 February 2021 imported>Dschrempf m 24,868 bytes −5 Remove unnecessary horizontal line.

31 January 2021

• curprev 00:3600:36, 31 January 2021 imported>Jtojnar 24,873 bytes −9 avoid deprecated github:NixOS/nixpkgs-channels

15 December 2020

• curprev 12:4612:46, 15 December 2020 imported>Fab m 24,882 bytes +6 Update naming

19 November 2020

• curprev 18:0918:09, 19 November 2020 imported>Nh2 24,876 bytes 0 No edit summary
• curprev 18:0918:09, 19 November 2020 imported>Nh2 24,876 bytes +379 Add "Evaluating NixOS configuration without building"

17 November 2020

• curprev 20:5820:58, 17 November 2020 imported>Nh2 24,497 bytes +461 Add "Evaluate packages for a different platform"

16 September 2020

• curprev 16:3116:31, 16 September 2020 imported>Balsoft m 24,036 bytes +21 nix-env -i is slow, replace with nix-env -iA
• curprev 16:2916:29, 16 September 2020 imported>Balsoft m 24,015 bytes +142 Add information about nix-locate

17 August 2020

• curprev 08:0008:00, 17 August 2020 imported>Flokli 23,873 bytes −232 →Building a service as a VM (for testing): systemd-getty-generator with console=ttyS0 starts getty automatically

27 June 2020

• curprev 11:3711:37, 27 June 2020 imported>Patryk27 24,105 bytes +481 Elaborate a bit on the Nix's concept of package versioning

4 June 2020

• curprev 04:5604:56, 4 June 2020 imported>Peterhoeg 23,624 bytes +17 No edit summary

15 May 2020

• curprev 20:4020:40, 15 May 2020 imported>Samuela 23,607 bytes −65 →A cheat sheet and rough mapping between Ubuntu and NixOS

2 May 2020

• curprev 08:0808:08, 2 May 2020 imported>Jluttine 23,672 bytes +144 Add nix search as an option in finding packages

25 April 2020

• curprev 21:0921:09, 25 April 2020 imported>Kimat 23,528 bytes +671 nixos-rebuild switch was missing from install a package + split install pacakge from install service + use real examples like rest of the file in place of things like <other_packages> or <username>

24 January 2020

• curprev 10:0710:07, 24 January 2020 imported>Rovanion 22,857 bytes +83 Gathered from IRC.