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<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold">NixOS</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold">NixOS</div>
A Linux distribution and configuration system built using Nixpkgs
A Linux distribution and configuration system built using Nixpkgs.
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<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold">Nixpkgs</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold">Nixpkgs</div>
A large, community-maintained repository of packages
A large, community-maintained repository of packages.
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<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold">Hydra</div>
<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold">Hydra</div>
A continuous build system built on Nix
A continuous build system built on Nix.
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<div style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold">Nix</div>
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A pure and functional build system
A pure and functional build system.
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== Usage of NixOS ==
== Usage of NixOS ==
Users install the ''NixOS'' distribution on their computers just as any other Linux distribution. They read about packages to install and configuration options in ''Nixpkgs'' via https://search.nixos.org and this wiki. They use the ''Nix'' language to declaratively describe in a text file what software packages should be installed and how the system should be configured. They run 2 command line programs in a terminal to transform the system into the described system. They use the system as any other Linux system.
Users install the ''NixOS'' distribution on their computers just as any other Linux distribution. They read about packages to install and configuration options in ''Nixpkgs'' via https://search.nixos.org and this wiki. They use the ''Nix'' language to declaratively describe in a text file what software packages should be installed and how the system should be configured. They run 2 command line programs in a terminal to transform the system into the described system. They use the system as any other Linux system.