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== What? ==
== What? ==


The NixOS Wiki is a community-run project to document the [[Nix Ecosystem]]. [[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution which is created with the [[Nix]] package manager as its foundation. NixOS relies upon the extensive [[Nixpkgs]] package repository, which is one of the largest and most up-to-date package sources in the Linux world. The Nix ecosystem also includes tools like [[Hydra]], for continuous integration testing, and [[NixOps]], for deploying NixOS machines to networks and clouds (e.g. EC2, GCE, and Azure).
The NixOS Wiki is a community-run project to collect documentation for NixOS users.
 
[[NixOS]] is a Linux distribution based on the [[Nix]] package manager and the [[Nixpkgs]] software repository. All three are part of the [[Nix ecosystem]].


== Why? ==
== Why? ==