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~~== What? ==~~

The official NixOS Wiki is a community-run documentation resource written by and for [[Nix ecosystem|Nix]] users. Any user of the ecosystem that [[Special:CreateAccount|registers]] for an account on the website can edit articles and create new ones, following a set of [[NixOS Wiki:Manual of Style|guidelines]].

~~The NixOS Wiki is a community-run project to document the [[Nix Ecosystem]].~~ [[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution ~~which is created with~~ the [[Nix]] package manager ~~as its foundation. NixOS relies upon~~ the ~~extensive~~ [[Nixpkgs]] ~~package~~ repository~~, which is one~~ of the ~~largest and most up-to-date package sources in the Linux world. The~~ Nix ecosystem ~~also includes tools like [[Hydra]], for continuous integration testing, and [[NixOps]], for deploying NixOS machines to networks and clouds (e.g. EC2, GCE, and Azure)~~.

[[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix]] package manager and the [[Nixpkgs]] software repository. All three are part of the Nix ecosystem.

== ~~Why?~~ ==

== The wiki vs. reference documentation ==

~~The original~~ NixOS ~~wiki was~~ [[~~{{ns~~:~~Project}}~~:~~History|shut down]~~].

Reference documentation in [https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/ NixOS manual], [https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ Nixpkgs manual], [https://nixos.org/nix/manual/ Nix manual] is maintained with the source code, can be used for looking up technical details, and primarily serves the needs of power users, developers, and contributors. The introductory guides on [https://nix.dev/ nix.dev] are meant to help getting started with Nix on other Linux distributions.

~~We felt~~ that ~~the [https://nixos~~.~~org/nixos/manual/~~ NixOS ~~manual]~~, ~~[https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ Nixpkgs manual]~~, ~~[https://nixos.org/nix/manual/ Nix manual], [https://nix.dev/ nix.dev] are all excellent but not the medium of choice for many situations~~.

These primary resources are actively developed, but cannot possibly account for the full spectrum of use cases that Nix and NixOS support. The NixOS Wiki is there for users to collect practical guides, configuration examples, and troubleshooting tips.

~~The~~ [~~https~~:~~//github.com/nixos-users/wiki/wiki nix-users Wiki~~] ~~was too limiting with regards to wiki features, so we set up this wiki~~.

See [[NixOS_Wiki:History|the history of NixOS wikis]] for background information.

~~See [[NixOS_Wiki:History|The history of the NixOS wikis]] for more information.~~

== Contributors ==

== ~~Who?~~ ==

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| Non-critical-infra lead, maintainer of the NixOS wiki.

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| [[User:~~Samueldr~~|~~samueldr~~]]

| [[User:Sshine|sshine]]

| NixOS ~~on ARM lead, and~~ Wiki ~~cosmetologist~~

| Contributor to the NixOS Wiki

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| You?

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== ~~[[mediawikiwiki:Manual:$wgLogo |~~ Logo]] ==

== Logo ==

~~<tt>~~The [https://nixos.wiki/nixos-logo-small.png NixOS logo] is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The [https://nixos.wiki/nixos-logo-small.png NixOS logo] is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.~~</tt>~~<ref>[https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd commit 525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd]</ref>

To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.<ref>[https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd commit 525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd]</ref>

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== License ==

Content on the NixOS Wiki is licensed under the [https://github.com/nixos-~~users/~~wiki/blob/~~master~~/LICENSE MIT License]. For more information, see [[{{ns:Project}}:Copyrights]].

Content on the NixOS Wiki is licensed under the [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-wiki-infra/blob/main/LICENSE.md MIT License]. For more information, see [[{{ns:Project}}:Copyrights]].

~~== References ==~~

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-== What? ==
+The official NixOS Wiki is a community-run documentation resource written by and for [[Nix ecosystem|Nix]] users. Any user of the ecosystem that [[Special:CreateAccount|registers]] for an account on the website can edit articles and create new ones, following a set of [[NixOS Wiki:Manual of Style|guidelines]].
-The NixOS Wiki is a community-run project to document the [[Nix Ecosystem]]. [[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution which is created with the [[Nix]] package manager as its foundation. NixOS relies upon the extensive [[Nixpkgs]] package repository, which is one of the largest and most up-to-date package sources in the Linux world. The Nix ecosystem also includes tools like [[Hydra]], for continuous integration testing, and [[NixOps]], for deploying NixOS machines to networks and clouds (e.g. EC2, GCE, and Azure).
+[[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix]] package manager and the [[Nixpkgs]] software repository. All three are part of the Nix ecosystem.
-== Why? ==
+== The wiki vs. reference documentation ==
-The original NixOS wiki was [[{{ns:Project}}:History|shut down]].
+Reference documentation in [https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/ NixOS manual], [https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ Nixpkgs manual], [https://nixos.org/nix/manual/ Nix manual] is maintained with the source code, can be used for looking up technical details, and primarily serves the needs of power users, developers, and contributors. The introductory guides on [https://nix.dev/ nix.dev] are meant to help getting started with Nix on other Linux distributions.
-We felt that the [https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/ NixOS manual], [https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ Nixpkgs manual], [https://nixos.org/nix/manual/ Nix manual], [https://nix.dev/ nix.dev] are all excellent but not the medium of choice for many situations.
+These primary resources are actively developed, but cannot possibly account for the full spectrum of use cases that Nix and NixOS support. The NixOS Wiki is there for users to collect practical guides, configuration examples, and troubleshooting tips.
-The [https://github.com/nixos-users/wiki/wiki nix-users Wiki] was too limiting with regards to wiki features, so we set up this wiki.
+See [[NixOS_Wiki:History|the history of NixOS wikis]] for background information.
-See [[NixOS_Wiki:History|The history of the NixOS wikis]] for more information.
+== Contributors ==
-== Who? ==
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 | Non-critical-infra lead, maintainer of the NixOS wiki.
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-| [[User:Samueldr|samueldr]]
+| [[User:Sshine|sshine]]
-| NixOS on ARM lead, and Wiki cosmetologist
+| Contributor to the NixOS Wiki
 |-
 | You?
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-== [[mediawikiwiki:Manual:$wgLogo | Logo]] ==
+== Logo ==
-<tt>The [https://nixos.wiki/nixos-logo-small.png NixOS logo] is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+The [https://nixos.wiki/nixos-logo-small.png NixOS logo] is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
-To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.</tt><ref>[https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd commit 525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd]</ref>
+To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.<ref>[https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd commit 525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd]</ref>
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 == License ==
-Content on the NixOS Wiki is licensed under the [https://github.com/nixos-users/wiki/blob/master/LICENSE MIT License]. For more information, see [[{{ns:Project}}:Copyrights]].
+Content on the NixOS Wiki is licensed under the [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-wiki-infra/blob/main/LICENSE.md MIT License]. For more information, see [[{{ns:Project}}:Copyrights]].
-== References ==
+{{references}}
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