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Much great additional tooling exists in the Nix ecosystem such as: | Much great additional tooling exists in the Nix ecosystem such as: | ||
* Home-manager to manage user profile & home directory contents | |||
* Nix Flakes instead of nix-channel | |||
These add complexity and may be confusing at first, and you may even decide that you don't need them. | These add complexity and may be confusing at first, and you may even decide that you don't need them. | ||
Revision as of 04:56, 26 August 2024
This is the official NixOS Wiki. It includes topics not covered in the NixOS Manual: NixOS user guides, configuration examples, and troubleshooting tips.
NixOS is a Linux operating system based on the Nix package manager and the Nixpkgs package repository.
Newcomers to NixOS are encouraged to read the Nix Core Ecosystem overview article to get a comprehensive orientation. For more specific introductions, see:
- NixOS
- Nix package manager
- Nixpkgs package repository
- Nix Language
If you want to try Nix standalone in another Linux distribution or on a Mac, take your first steps on nix.dev.
Much great additional tooling exists in the Nix ecosystem such as:
- Home-manager to manage user profile & home directory contents
- Nix Flakes instead of nix-channel
These add complexity and may be confusing at first, and you may even decide that you don't need them. Start with plain Nix/NixOS, and only integrate Home Manager and/or Flakes into your setup once you're confident with Nix/NixOS and comprehend their significance.
- On desktop, with NixOS as a desktop
- On ARM, with NixOS on ARM
- In the cloud, with NixOS friendly hosters
First stop should be Resources, which serves as a gateway to the most important documentation. Some highlights below.
Primary reference material:
Major page categories:
- Software
- Hardware
- Desktop - how to setup PCs
- Server - how to setup servers
- Community - people, communication, work on NixOS
See also:
With the community
About the Wiki
- Matrix chat for Wiki contributors #wiki:nixos.org
- Email wiki@nixos.org for contacting wiki.nixos.org regarding any wiki operational topics or requests
- Contributing to the wiki
2024-09-02 — Wiki editors use Manual of Style
The Wiki team discussed and put into effect the Manual of Style for editing wiki articles. This is a huge step towards clear and consistent documentation. All editors are encouraged to follow this guide.
2024-08-22 — Wiki editors meeting
All interested wiki editors meet on 22th of August at 21:15 CEST in a Jitsi conference.
2024-07-05 — Wiki editors meeting
All interested wiki editors meet on 5th of July at 13:00 CEST in a Jitsi conference.
2024-04-01 — Launch of the wiki
The official NixOS wiki has taken off! If you want to find out why there is a new wiki effort, check out the FAQ.