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''Nix Channels'' are mechanisms for distributing Nix expressions as well as the associated binaries for them; a Nix channel corresponds to a repository in a conventional package management system. Official Nix channels are automatically updated once tests are passed in Nixpkgs' [[Hydra]] instance. It is also possible to create one's own Nix channels, but here we focus the official channels. | |||
== | == The official channels == | ||
Packages for Nix, as well as modules for NixOS are distributed through a number of channels. These channels can be broadly categorized into ''stable'' and ''unstable'' channels, and ''large'' and ''small'' channels: | Packages for Nix, as well as modules for NixOS are distributed through a number of channels. These channels can be broadly categorized into ''stable'' and ''unstable'' channels, and ''large'' and ''small'' channels: | ||