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For a full installation guide, see the [https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#ch-installation Installation chapter of the NixOS manual].

Most users will install NixOS via [https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html one of the ISO images.] Both "graphical" and "minimal" ISO variants are available for each supported architecture; the "graphical" images are suitable for users intending to install a desktop environment, and the "minimal" images are suitable for users intending to install NixOS in a server role or desiring a smaller ISO image.

Most users will install NixOS via [https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html one of the ISO images.] Both "graphical" and "minimal" ISO variants are available for each supported architecture; the "graphical" images are suitable for users intending to install a desktop environment, and the "minimal" images are suitable for users intending to install NixOS in a server role or desiring a smaller ISO image. The ISO images are hybrid images which can be burnt to optical media or copied raw to a USB drive and booted as-is. See the installation guide for details.

The ISO images are hybrid images which can be burnt to optical media or copied raw to a USB drive and booted as-is. See the installation guide for details.

In addition to the ISO images, the [https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html download page] provides a number of alternative methods for installing NixOS. These include:

* ~~virtual~~ appliances in OVA format (compatible with VirtualBox);

* Virtual appliances in OVA format (compatible with VirtualBox);

* Amazon EC2 AMIs;

* Microsoft Azure blobs.

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 For a full installation guide, see the [https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#ch-installation Installation chapter of the NixOS manual].
-Most users will install NixOS via [https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html one of the ISO images.] Both "graphical" and "minimal" ISO variants are available for each supported architecture; the "graphical" images are suitable for users intending to install a desktop environment, and the "minimal" images are suitable for users intending to install NixOS in a server role or desiring a smaller ISO image.
+Most users will install NixOS via [https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html one of the ISO images.] Both "graphical" and "minimal" ISO variants are available for each supported architecture; the "graphical" images are suitable for users intending to install a desktop environment, and the "minimal" images are suitable for users intending to install NixOS in a server role or desiring a smaller ISO image. The ISO images are hybrid images which can be burnt to optical media or copied raw to a USB drive and booted as-is. See the installation guide for details.
-The ISO images are hybrid images which can be burnt to optical media or copied raw to a USB drive and booted as-is. See the installation guide for details.
 In addition to the ISO images, the [https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html download page] provides a number of alternative methods for installing NixOS. These include:
-* virtual appliances in OVA format (compatible with VirtualBox);
+* Virtual appliances in OVA format (compatible with VirtualBox);
 * Amazon EC2 AMIs;
 * Microsoft Azure blobs.