Official NixOS Wiki Launched

by adham-omran on 4/11/2024, 11:08:45 AM with 11 comments

  • by keybored on 4/11/2024, 1:20:05 PM

    https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Overview_of_the_Nix_Language

    > The Nix language is designed for conveniently creating and composing derivations – precise descriptions of how contents of existing files are used to derive new files.

    I’m getting Wikipedia math vibes.

  • by adham-omran on 4/11/2024, 11:08:45 AM

    The announcement on discourse can be found here https://discourse.nixos.org/t/wiki-nixos-org-is-now-live/425...

  • by chiffre01 on 4/11/2024, 1:20:53 PM

    Early days, but it would be nice if the install guides were written out, not just links to videos.

  • by dcchambers on 4/11/2024, 5:27:33 PM

    Good wikis take time, a good community, and consistent leadership. Seeding content is hard and good content takes time to write and effort to maintain. I think NixOS needs a wiki like this, so I am glad to see this project started. Hopefully it succeeds!

  • by uyzstvqs on 4/11/2024, 1:29:05 PM

    I will definitely bookmark this. I've been meaning to try out NixOS. It seems like a really interesting alternative to using containers for deploying servers. Both much simpler and much more powerful.