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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 collect documentation for NixOS users~~.

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

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

== The wiki vs. reference documentation ==

~~== Why? ==~~

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.

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

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.

~~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~~.

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

~~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.~~

== Contributors ==

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

== ~~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>

== Icons ==

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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 collect documentation for NixOS users.
+[[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix]] package manager and the [[Nixpkgs]] software repository. All three are part of the Nix ecosystem.
-[[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix]] package manager and the [[Nixpkgs]] software repository. All three are part of the [[Nix ecosystem]].
+== The wiki vs. reference documentation ==
-== Why? ==
+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.
-The original NixOS wiki was [[{{ns:Project}}:History|shut down]].
+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.
-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.
+See [[NixOS_Wiki:History|the history of NixOS wikis]] for background information.
-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.
+== Contributors ==
-See [[NixOS_Wiki:History|The history of the NixOS wikis]] for more information.
-== 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>
 == Icons ==
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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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