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** '''description''' This channel is identical to <code>nixos-unstable</code> described above, except that this channel contains fewer binary packages. This means the channel gets updated faster than <code>nixos-unstable</code> (for instance, when a critical security patch is committed to NixOS’s source tree). However, the binary cache may contain less binary packages and thus using this channel may require building more packages from source than <code>nixos-unstable</code>. This channel is mostly intended for server environments and as such contains few GUI applications.

** '''definition''' this channel is updated depending on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix release-small.nix] and [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix release-lib.nix]

* '''nixos-YY.MM''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://nixos.org~~/channels~~/nixos-15.09/ ''nixos-17.03''])

* '''nixos-YY.MM''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-15.09 ''nixos-15.09''])

** '''description''' These channels are called '''stable''' and only get conservative bug fixes and package upgrades. For instance, a channel update may cause the Linux kernel on your system to be upgraded from 3.4.66 to 3.4.67 (a minor bug fix), but not from 3.4.x to 3.11.x (a major change that has the potential to break things). Stable channels are generally maintained until the next stable branch is created.

** '''definition''' this channel is updated depending on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release.nix release.nix] and [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix release-lib.nix]

* '''nixos-YY.MM-small''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://nixos.org~~/channels~~/nixos-15.09-small/ nixos-15.09-small])

* '''nixos-YY.MM-small''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-15.09-small nixos-15.09-small])

** '''description''' The difference between <code>nixos-YY.MM-small</code> and <code>nixos-YY.MM</code> is the same as the one between <code>nixos-unstable-small</code> and <code>nixos-unstable</code> (see above)

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 ** '''description''' This channel is identical to <code>nixos-unstable</code> described above, except that this channel contains fewer binary packages. This means the channel gets updated faster than <code>nixos-unstable</code> (for instance, when a critical security patch is committed to NixOS’s source tree). However, the binary cache may contain less binary packages and thus using this channel may require building more packages from source than <code>nixos-unstable</code>. This channel is mostly intended for server environments and as such contains few GUI applications.
 ** '''definition''' this channel is updated depending on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix release-small.nix] and [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix release-lib.nix]
-* '''nixos-YY.MM''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-15.09/ ''nixos-17.03''])
+* '''nixos-YY.MM''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-15.09 ''nixos-15.09''])
 ** '''description''' These channels are called '''stable''' and only get conservative bug fixes and package upgrades. For instance, a channel update may cause the Linux kernel on your system to be upgraded from 3.4.66 to 3.4.67 (a minor bug fix), but not from 3.4.x to 3.11.x (a major change that has the potential to break things). Stable channels are generally maintained until the next stable branch is created.
 ** '''definition''' this channel is updated depending on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release.nix release.nix] and [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix release-lib.nix]
-* '''nixos-YY.MM-small''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-15.09-small/ nixos-15.09-small])
+* '''nixos-YY.MM-small''' (where '''YY''' is a 2-digit year and '''MM''' is a 2-digit month, such as [https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-15.09-small nixos-15.09-small])
 ** '''description''' The difference between <code>nixos-YY.MM-small</code> and <code>nixos-YY.MM</code> is the same as the one between <code>nixos-unstable-small</code> and <code>nixos-unstable</code> (see above)