Nix Community: Difference between revisions

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 * [https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla Mozilla]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VH945-AaRY Tumblr]
+* [https://lumiguide.eu/ LumiGuide]
+* [https://rhodecode.com/ RhodeCode]
+* [https://awakesecurity.com/ Awake Security]
+* [https://www.lookout.com/ Lookout]
 === Academia ===
-Nix has its roots in academia, and while some research continues to develop the Nix Ecosystem further, Nix is also being extensively used to manage powerful computing clusters:
+Nix has its roots in academia; Nix was the result of https://nixos.org/~eelco/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf Eelco Dolstra's PhD thesis] in the University of Utrecht, and Hydra was developed at the Technical University of Delft. Some academic research continues to develop the Nix Ecosystem further - notably some work is planned on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AED-dgCa9GU incremental builds] by Guillaume Maudoux as part of his PhD.
+Nix is also being extensively used to manage powerful computing clusters, since its resolution of dependency problems allows letting users install packages ad-hoc with greatly reduced risk of breaking things. Academic clusters utilizing Nix-based software include some of the biggest clusters in the world:
 * [https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/ Human Brain Project]