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== What? ==

The NixOS Wiki is a community-run ~~project to collect~~ documentation for NixOS users.

The NixOS Wiki is a community-run documentation resource 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]].

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== Why? ==

~~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 NixOS supports. 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.

== Who? ==

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 == What? ==
-The NixOS Wiki is a community-run project to collect documentation for NixOS users.
+The NixOS Wiki is a community-run documentation resource 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]].
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 == Why? ==
-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 NixOS supports. 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.
 == Who? ==