FAQ: Revision history

31 October 2025

• curprev 05:1905:19, 31 October 2025 TLATER talk contribs 33,928 bytes +4,264 Add FAQ entry on mixing stable/unstable Tag: Visual edit: Switched

10 October 2025

• curprev 15:4315:43, 10 October 2025 Ardenet talk contribs 29,664 bytes +78 Marked this version for translation
• curprev 15:4115:41, 10 October 2025 Ardenet talk contribs 29,586 bytes +956 Adjust tranlate tag's placement Tag: Visual edit: Switched

7 October 2025

• curprev 21:1421:14, 7 October 2025 Ardenet talk contribs 28,630 bytes +13 Marked this version for translation Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

25 August 2025

• curprev 22:4122:41, 25 August 2025 It's moon talk contribs m 28,617 bytes +4 Typo and wikilink

20 June 2025

• curprev 18:5418:54, 20 June 2025 Lukec talk contribs m 28,613 bytes +6 Update broken link to steam-run source Tag: Visual edit

14 June 2025

• curprev 23:3423:34, 14 June 2025 DoggoBit talk contribs m 28,607 bytes +12 Add cleanup
• curprev 23:2423:24, 14 June 2025 DoggoBit talk contribs m 28,595 bytes −16 Remove transclusion of another article Tag: Visual edit

31 December 2024

• curprev 21:1121:11, 31 December 2024 Mic92 talk contribs 28,611 bytes +51 Reduce header level to make font size more readable on mobile
• curprev 21:0421:04, 31 December 2024 Mic92 talk contribs 28,560 bytes +2 experiment with smaller headlines

15 November 2024

• curprev 03:4003:40, 15 November 2024 Chika.chika talk contribs m 28,558 bytes −7 Update nix-ld steam-run code to reflect steam-run refactoring (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/5c33791df3046a15de4969fb110129cfa2fe492c) Tag: Visual edit

14 September 2024

• curprev 20:0120:01, 14 September 2024 Phanirithvij talk contribs m 28,565 bytes −29 fix the broken wiki link
• curprev 19:5319:53, 14 September 2024 Phanirithvij talk contribs m 28,594 bytes +1 fix the broken wiki link

9 September 2024

• curprev 03:4303:43, 9 September 2024 MorningstarSunset talk contribs 28,593 bytes +1,378 Marked this version for translation
• curprev 03:4203:42, 9 September 2024 MorningstarSunset talk contribs 27,215 bytes +306 No edit summary

20 July 2024

• curprev 04:4404:44, 20 July 2024 Rhendric talk contribs m 26,909 bytes +11 →I'm getting ‘infinite recursion’ errors when trying to do something clever with imports

19 July 2024

• curprev 18:4918:49, 19 July 2024 Rhendric talk contribs 26,898 bytes +1,047 Add FAQ entry about infinite recursion and imports Tag: Visual edit: Switched

15 July 2024

• curprev 14:1214:12, 15 July 2024 OTE talk contribs m 25,851 bytes 0 Wifi -> WiFi Tag: Visual edit

10 July 2024

• curprev 19:4119:41, 10 July 2024 0x4A6F talk contribs 25,851 bytes +4 remove link to legacy wiki

1 July 2024

• curprev 20:4220:42, 1 July 2024 Klinger talk contribs m 25,847 bytes +4 changed link from redirect to article
• curprev 20:3820:38, 1 July 2024 Klinger talk contribs m 25,843 bytes −4 removed link to redirect
• curprev 20:2320:23, 1 July 2024 Klinger talk contribs m 25,847 bytes 0 →What are channels and how do they get updated?: typo
• curprev 20:1720:17, 1 July 2024 Klinger talk contribs m 25,847 bytes +4 →What are channels and how do they get updated?: link

25 June 2024

• curprev 20:4020:40, 25 June 2024 Klinger talk contribs m 25,843 bytes 0 fixed link to Nix package manager (capitilazation change)

28 May 2024

• curprev 04:3904:39, 28 May 2024 Chika.chika talk contribs 25,843 bytes +962 Add nix-ld as recommendation to run unlatched binaries Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

20 May 2024

• curprev 22:1322:13, 20 May 2024 Sdht0 talk contribs 24,881 bytes +1 →What does it mean to say that NixOS is "immutable": remove blank line
• curprev 22:0922:09, 20 May 2024 Sdht0 talk contribs 24,880 bytes +28 Move transcludes together to the end

19 May 2024

• curprev 10:1410:14, 19 May 2024 Jtojnar talk contribs 24,852 bytes +62 Partially undo revision 11690 by Sdht0 (talk) re-add subpages

15 May 2024

• curprev 06:2606:26, 15 May 2024 Artoria2e5 talk contribs 24,790 bytes +126 →Why is there a new wiki? What is with nixos.wiki?: WP:LISTGAP is bad: putting each bullet point like that puts them in individual <ul> elements, which is not how documents work! Also, add userscript

11 April 2024

• curprev 01:5701:57, 11 April 2024 SYMYS talk contribs 24,664 bytes −1 →What does it mean to say that NixOS is "immutable"? Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 01:5501:55, 11 April 2024 SYMYS talk contribs 24,665 bytes +559 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit

8 April 2024

• curprev 21:3921:39, 8 April 2024 Itslychee talk contribs m 24,106 bytes +125 prefer nix.settings over nix.extraConfig for clarity purposes Tag: Visual edit

6 April 2024

• curprev 03:4803:48, 6 April 2024 Sdht0 talk contribs 23,981 bytes −258 →Why is Nix written in C++ rather than a functional language like Haskell?: Cleanup: Is mentioning the perl removal project relevant?
• curprev 03:4403:44, 6 April 2024 Sdht0 talk contribs 24,239 bytes +24 →Why is there a new wiki? What is with nixos.wiki?: Reword Tag: Visual edit
• curprev 03:3403:34, 6 April 2024 Sdht0 talk contribs 24,215 bytes +78 →What is the origin of the name "Nix": Formatting Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• curprev 03:2703:27, 6 April 2024 Sdht0 talk contribs m 24,137 bytes −46 Better formatting

3 April 2024

• curprev 14:3114:31, 3 April 2024 Qyriad talk contribs 24,183 bytes +183 note lib.fakeHash Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• curprev 11:1511:15, 3 April 2024 Lassulus talk contribs 24,000 bytes +943 add explanation about why there are 2 wikis Tag: Visual edit

24 January 2024

• curprev 23:4323:43, 24 January 2024 imported>Pete3n m 23,057 bytes +115 Removed factually incorrect statement about internet requirement

9 December 2023

• curprev 02:2302:23, 9 December 2023 imported>Cory m 22,942 bytes 0 Corrected typo from “name” to “same”

6 February 2023

• curprev 21:5921:59, 6 February 2023 imported>Chaostheorie m 22,942 bytes +6 Updated instructions for activating sandboxed builds on NixOs

4 August 2022

• curprev 10:4710:47, 4 August 2022 imported>Toraritte 22,936 bytes +23 Add Cookbook category

22 January 2022

• curprev 14:0214:02, 22 January 2022 imported>Asymmetric 22,913 bytes +882 add section on nixpkgs branches

30 May 2021

• curprev 12:0412:04, 30 May 2021 imported>Symphorien 22,031 bytes +654 mention overlays to change the version of packages used by nixos modules

31 January 2021

• curprev 00:4300:43, 31 January 2021 imported>Jtojnar 21,377 bytes −18 avoid deprecated github:NixOS/nixpkgs-channels

21 September 2020

• curprev 14:4514:45, 21 September 2020 imported>Kolaente m 21,395 bytes +105 No edit summary

19 July 2020

• curprev 06:1906:19, 19 July 2020 imported>Pancho m 21,290 bytes +1 →How to keep build-time dependencies around / be able to rebuild while being offline?: Add space around pipe for readability
• curprev 06:1706:17, 19 July 2020 imported>Pancho m 21,289 bytes 0 →How to keep build-time dependencies around / be able to rebuild while being offline?: Style fix: prefer single quotes in shell if no variable interpolation is needed. Also, slightly easier to type.
• curprev 06:1106:11, 19 July 2020 imported>Pancho m 21,289 bytes +17 →How can I disable the binary cache and build everything locally?: Prefer single quotes in shell if no variable interpolation is needed, also, slightly easier to type
• curprev 05:5905:59, 19 July 2020 imported>Pancho m 21,272 bytes +13 →How can I disable the binary cache and build everything locally?: Fix style