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[https://nixos.org/ NixOS] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix Package Manager]]. It supports reproducible and declarative system-wide configuration management as well as atomic upgrades and rollbacks, although it can additionally support imperative package and user management. In NixOS, all components of the distribution — including the kernel, installed packages and system configuration files — are built by [[Nix Package Manager|Nix]] from [[Wikipedia:Pure function|purely ~~function~~]] called [[Nix Expression Language|Nix expressions]].

[https://nixos.org/ NixOS] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix Package Manager]]. It supports reproducible and declarative system-wide configuration management as well as atomic upgrades and rollbacks, although it can additionally support imperative package and user management. In NixOS, all components of the distribution — including the kernel, installed packages and system configuration files — are built by [[Nix Package Manager|Nix]] from [[Wikipedia:Pure function|purely functions]] called [[Nix Expression Language|Nix expressions]].

Since Nix uses binary caching, this provides a unique compromise between the binary-oriented approach used by distributions such as Debian and the source-oriented approach used by distributions such as Gentoo. Binaries can be used for standard components, and custom-built packages and modules can be used automatically when a prebuilt binary is not available.

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	[https://nixos.org/ NixOS] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix Package Manager]]. It supports reproducible and declarative system-wide configuration management as well as atomic upgrades and rollbacks, although it can additionally support imperative package and user management. In NixOS, all components of the distribution — including the kernel, installed packages and system configuration files — are built by [[Nix Package Manager\|Nix]] from [[Wikipedia:Pure function\|purely ~~function~~]] called [[Nix Expression Language\|Nix expressions]].		[https://nixos.org/ NixOS] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix Package Manager]]. It supports reproducible and declarative system-wide configuration management as well as atomic upgrades and rollbacks, although it can additionally support imperative package and user management. In NixOS, all components of the distribution — including the kernel, installed packages and system configuration files — are built by [[Nix Package Manager\|Nix]] from [[Wikipedia:Pure function\|purely functions]] called [[Nix Expression Language\|Nix expressions]].

	Since Nix uses binary caching, this provides a unique compromise between the binary-oriented approach used by distributions such as Debian and the source-oriented approach used by distributions such as Gentoo. Binaries can be used for standard components, and custom-built packages and modules can be used automatically when a prebuilt binary is not available.		Since Nix uses binary caching, this provides a unique compromise between the binary-oriented approach used by distributions such as Debian and the source-oriented approach used by distributions such as Gentoo. Binaries can be used for standard components, and custom-built packages and modules can be used automatically when a prebuilt binary is not available.