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~~== Why? ==~~

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 ~~original~~ NixOS ~~wiki was~~ [~~https~~:~~//nixos.org/nixos/wiki.html shut down~~].

~~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-cookbook.readthedocs~~.~~io/en/latest/index.html Nix Community Cookbook]~~ are ~~all excellent but not~~ the ~~medium of choice for many situations.~~

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

== ~~Who?~~ ==

== The wiki vs. reference documentation ==

{| class="~~wikitable~~"

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.

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.

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

== Contributors ==

{| class="table"

! Who?

! Role?

|-

|~~Who?~~

| [[User:Makefu|makefu]]

|~~Role?~~

| Contributor of the NixOS Wiki

|-

|[[User:~~Fadenb~~|~~Fadenb~~]]

| [[User:Mic92|mic92]]

|~~Admin~~

| Nixpkgs maintainer and contributor of the NixOS Wiki

|-

|[[User:~~Makefu~~|~~makefu~~]]

| [[User:JulienMalka|JulienMalka]]

|~~Contributor and Maintainer~~ of the ~~nixos-users~~ wiki

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

|-

|[[User:~~Mic92~~|~~mic92~~]]

| [[User:Sshine|sshine]]

|~~Nixpkgs maintainer and~~ Contributor of the ~~nixos-users wiki~~

| Contributor to the NixOS Wiki

|-

~~|[[User:Ixxie|ixxie]]~~

| You?

~~|nixos-users wiki contributor with the power to edit the sidebar~~

| Contact us! we use the [https://matrix.to/#/#wiki:nixos.org?via=matrix.org #wiki:nixos.org] room on Matrix.

|-

|You?

|Contact us, we use [~~irc~~://~~irc~~.~~freenode.net~~/nixos-wiki #nixos~~-wiki~~] on ~~IRC~~

|}

== Logo ==

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.

~~See~~ https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd~~#diff~~-~~6ad35310313296dd2d4cdb27dfa0cbac~~ .

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.<ref>[https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd commit 525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd]</ref>

== Icons ==

Icons are based-off or directly taken from the [https://github.com/KDE/breeze-icons Breeze Icons] project. Adaptations and creations in the style of Breeze and KDE's HIG are released under the same license.  [https://github.com/KDE/breeze-icons/blob/master/COPYING-ICONS See their license] for more details about usage rights, it's LGPL with a special mention about what it means for the icons.

== License ==

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]].

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-== Why? ==
+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 original NixOS wiki was [https://nixos.org/nixos/wiki.html shut down].
-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-cookbook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html Nix Community Cookbook] are all excellent but not the medium of choice for many situations.
+[[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 [https://github.com/nixos-users/wiki/wiki nix-users Wiki] was too limiting with regards to wiki features, so we set up this wiki.
-== Who? ==
+== The wiki vs. reference documentation ==
-{| class="wikitable"
+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.
+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.
+See [[NixOS_Wiki:History|the history of NixOS wikis]] for background information.
+== Contributors ==
+{| class="table"
+! Who?
+! Role?
 |-
-|Who?
+|  [[User:Makefu|makefu]]
-|Role?
+| Contributor of the NixOS Wiki
 |-
-|[[User:Fadenb|Fadenb]]
+| [[User:Mic92|mic92]]
-|Admin
+| Nixpkgs maintainer and contributor of the NixOS Wiki
 |-
-|[[User:Makefu|makefu]]
+| [[User:JulienMalka|JulienMalka]]
-|Contributor and Maintainer of the nixos-users wiki
+| Non-critical-infra lead, maintainer of the NixOS wiki.
 |-
-|[[User:Mic92|mic92]]
+| [[User:Sshine|sshine]]
-|Nixpkgs maintainer and Contributor of the nixos-users wiki
+| Contributor to the NixOS Wiki
 |-
-|[[User:Ixxie|ixxie]]
+| You?
-|nixos-users wiki contributor with the power to edit the sidebar
+| Contact us! we use the [https://matrix.to/#/#wiki:nixos.org?via=matrix.org #wiki:nixos.org] room on Matrix.
-|-
-|You?
-|Contact us, we use [irc://irc.freenode.net/nixos-wiki #nixos-wiki] on IRC
 |}
 == Logo ==
-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.
-See https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd#diff-6ad35310313296dd2d4cdb27dfa0cbac .
+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.<ref>[https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/commit/525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd commit 525ade227e23f2b54975021553eeb3c6b57c04bd]</ref>
+== Icons ==
+Icons are based-off or directly taken from the [https://github.com/KDE/breeze-icons Breeze Icons] project. Adaptations and creations in the style of Breeze and KDE's HIG are released under the same license. <!-- The line-art source will be made available under a git repository soon. --> [https://github.com/KDE/breeze-icons/blob/master/COPYING-ICONS See their license] for more details about usage rights, it's LGPL with a special mention about what it means for the icons.
+== License ==
+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}}