NixOS on ARM/UEFI: Difference between revisions

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m Getting the installer image (ISO): clarify what exactly is not recommended
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Getting the installer image (ISO): Update stable ISO download link
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Choose one of the images (in rough order of preference):
Choose one of the images (in rough order of preference):


* [https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.iso_minimal_new_kernel.aarch64-linux NixOS unstable, new kernel] - rolling release, latest mainline kernel, may be somewhat behind on Nixpkgs updates due to out of tree module compatibility issues
* [https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.iso_minimal_new_kernel.aarch64-linux NixOS unstable, new kernel] rolling release, latest mainline kernel, may be somewhat behind on Nixpkgs updates due to out of tree module compatibility issues
* [https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.iso_minimal.aarch64-linux NixOS unstable, LTS kernel] - may be less compatible with specific hardware, but tracks a more recent Nixpkgs
* [https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.iso_minimal.aarch64-linux NixOS unstable, LTS kernel] may be less compatible with specific hardware, but tracks a more recent Nixpkgs
* [https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/release-22.05-aarch64/nixos.iso_minimal.aarch64-linux NixOS 22.05] - stable branch, LTS kernel, generally not recommended unless you are confident your hardware is well supported upstream
* [https://nixos.org/download.html#download-nixos NixOS stable] – release branch, LTS kernel, generally not recommended unless you are confident your hardware is well-supported upstream


(Graphical ISOs are currently not built for ARM architectures. See https://discourse.nixos.org/t/arm-graphical-iso-builds/16729.)
(Graphical ISOs are currently not built for ARM architectures. See https://discourse.nixos.org/t/arm-graphical-iso-builds/16729.)