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 == Differences between nixpkgs and the rest ==
-The way nixpkgs and its stdenv handles compiling and linking is very different from other linux distributions.
+The way nixpkgs and its stdenv handles compiling and linking is very different from other Linux distributions.
-Usually header files are put into well known paths i.e. <code>/usr/include</code>, where the compiler will
+In more conventional Linux distributions it's usual that header files are put into well known paths i.e. <code>/usr/include</code>, where the compiler will look for them. Same is true when linking against libraries, which are put in a few places, where the build-time linker will find them. Dynamically linked libraries will have a  run-time linker (also known as <code>ld.so</code>) set as an interpreter.
-look for them. Same is true when linking against libraries, which are put in a few places, where the build-time
-linker will find them. Dynamically linked libraries will have a  run-time linker (also known as <code>ld.so</code>) set as an interpreter.
 This linker reads <code>/etc/ld.so.conf</code> to figure out where to find libraries.
 In nixpkgs in contrast this information is provided by environment variables.