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NixOS


Last Update: 2023-07-19 14:20 UTC


NixOS is an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution that aims to improve the state of the art in system configuration management. In NixOS, the entire operating system, including the kernel, applications, system packages and configuration files, are built by the Nix package manager. Nix stores all packages in isolation from each other; as a result there are no /bin, /sbin, /lib or /usr directories and all packages are kept in /nix/store instead. Other innovative features of NixOS include reliable upgrades, rollbacks, reproducible system configurations, source-based model with binaries, and multi-user package management. Although NixOS started as a research project, it is now a functional and usable operating system that includes hardware detection, KDE as the default desktop, and systemd for managing system services.

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NixOS Summary
Distribution NixOS
Home Page https://nixos.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-06-01: Distribution Release: NixOS 23.05
 • 2022-12-01: Distribution Release: NixOS 22.11
 • 2022-05-30: Distribution Release: NixOS 22.05
 • 2021-12-01: Distribution Release: NixOS 21.11
 • 2021-06-02: Distribution Release: NixOS 21.05
 • 2020-10-27: Distribution Release: NixOS 20.09
 • 2020-04-21: Distribution Release: NixOS 20.03
 • 2019-10-09: Distribution Release: NixOS 19.09
 • 2019-04-11: Distribution Release: NixOS 19.03
 • 2018-10-06: Distribution Release: NixOS 18.09
 • 2018-04-04: Distribution Release: NixOS 18.03
 • 2017-10-03: Distribution Release: NixOS 17.09
 • More NixOS releases...

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 • 2022-05-31 NixOS adopts Calamares installer
 • 2021-06-21 NixOS offers install media with reproducible builds
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Feature unstable 23.05
stoat
22.11
raccoon
22.05
quokka
21.11
porcupine
21.05
okapi
20.09
nightingale
20.03
markhor
19.09
loris
19.03
koi
18.09
jellyfish
17.09
hummingbird
16.09
flounder
16.03
emu
15.09.1012
dingo
14.12.885
caterpillar
14.04.630
baboon
13.10.35728
aardvark
Feature
Release Date 2023-07-19 2023-05-31 2022-12-01 2022-05-30 2021-11-30 2021-06-02 2020-10-27 2020-04-20 2019-10-09 2019-04-11 2018-10-06 2017-10-02 2016-10-03 2016-04-01 2016-02-05 2015-09-27 2015-02-25 2014-07-19 Release Date
End Of Life --     2022-12 2021-12 2021-12 2021-04 2020-10 2020-04                   End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) -- 800-2400 800-2400 800-2200 700-2100 600-1900 500-1400 500-1200 500-1200 500-1100 500-1100 300-900             Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Nix Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, LibreOffice Calligra, LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 aarch64, i686, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems                                     Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                                     Multilingual
Asian Language Support                                     Asian Language Support
Full Package List unstable 23.05 22.11 22.05 21.11 21.05 20.09 20.03 19.09 19.03 18.09 17.09 16.09 16.03 15.09.1012 14.12.885 14.04.630 13.10.35728 Full Package List
Package unstable 23.05
stoat
22.11
raccoon
22.05
quokka
21.11
porcupine
21.05
okapi
20.09
nightingale
20.03
markhor
19.09
loris
19.03
koi
18.09
jellyfish
17.09
hummingbird
16.09
flounder
16.03
emu
15.09.1012
dingo
14.12.885
caterpillar
14.04.630
baboon
13.10.35728
aardvark
Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.2 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.0 -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.9 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.6 1.2.5.1 1.2.4 1.2.3 1.1.9 1.1.9 1.1.8 1.1.6 1.1.4.1 1.1.1 1.1.0 1.0.29 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 -- 21.0.0 -- 19.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2-p15 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3.30 4.2 4.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.17) 9.18.16 9.18.14 9.18.8 9.18.3 9.16.16 9.16.16 9.14.12 9.14.11 9.14.4 9.12.3-P1 9.12.2 9.11.2 9.10.4-P3 9.10.3-P4 9.10.3 9.9.5 9.9.5 9.9.5 bind (9.18.17)
chromium (115.0.5790.98) 116.0.5845.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 69.0.3497.81 61.0.3163.79 53.0.2785.116 49.0.2623.110 49.0.2623.28 40.0.2214.115 36.0.1941.0 -- chromium (115.0.5790.98)
cups (2.4.6) 2.4.6 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.1 2.2.12 2.2.10 2.2.6 2.2.2 2.1.4 2.1.3 2.0.4 1.7.5 1.5.4 1.5.4 cups (2.4.6)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 -- -- -- 4.4.2-P1 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.4 4.3.4 4.3.3 4.3.3 4.3.1 4.1-ESV-R6 4.1-ESV-R6 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.6 1.46.5 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.46.2 1.45.5 1.45.5 1.45.3 1.44.5 1.44.4 1.43.4 1.42.13 1.42.13 1.42.13 1.42.12 1.42.9 1.42.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (115.0.3esr) 116.0b3 113.0.2 107.0.1 100.0.2 94.0.2 88.0.1 82.0 75.0 69.0.1 66.0.2 62.0.3 55.0.3 49.0 45.0.1 43.0.3 39.0.3 34.0.5 25.0.1 firefox (115.0.3esr)
freetype (2.13.1) 2.13.0 2.13.0 2.12.1 2.12.0 2.11.0 2.10.4 2.10.2 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.9 2.7.1 2.6.5 2.6.2 2.5.4 2.5.3 2.4.12 2.4.12 freetype (2.13.1)
gcc (13.1.0) 2.95.3 12.2.0 11.3.0 9.3.0 10.3.0 10.3.0 9.3.0 9.2.0 8.3.0 7.4.0 7.3.0 6.4.0 5.4.0 5.3.0 5.2.0 4.9.2 4.8.3 4.7.3 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.10.6 2.8.22 2.8.18 2.8.16 2.8.14 2.8.14 2.8.10 2.8.6 gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.37 2.37 2.35 2.34 2.33 2.32 2.31 2.30 2.27 2.27 2.27 2.25 2.24 2.23 2.21 2.20 2.19 2.17 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.3) 44.3 44.1 43.1 42.1 41.1 -- -- -- -- -- 3.28.3 3.24.3 3.20.3 3.18.3 3.16.1 3.12.2 3.10.2.1 -- gnome-shell (44.3)
gnucash (5.3) 5.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.15 2.6.12 2.6.12 2.6.9 2.4.15 -- 2.4.15 2.4.15 gnucash (5.3)
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.55 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.12.39 1.12.35 1.12.32 1.12.26 1.12.23 1.12.18 1.12.12 -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.12-rc1 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 20151116 20151116 20150727 2.02git 2.00 2.00 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 4.10.4 4.10.3 4.8.2 4.6.4 4.4.1 3.24.27 3.24.21 3.24.13 3.24.10 3.24.5 3.22.28 3.22.8 3.20.9 3.18.5 3.16.6 3.12.2 3.12.2 3.8.8 gtk (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 2.4.57 2.4.54 2.4.53 2.4.51 -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.34 2.4.27 2.2.31 2.2.31 2.4.16 2.4.16 2.4.10 2.4.7 httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.92.3 0.92.2 0.91 0.91 0.91 0.48.5 0.48.4 0.48.4 inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.2) 23.04.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 18.08.0 17.08.1 2.0.3a 2.0.3a 2.0.3a 2.0.3a 2.0.2 2.0.2 k3b (23.04.2)
kmod (30) 30 30 30 29 29 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 23 22 21 18 17 12 kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.1.1 3.2.1 3.0 -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.4) 7.5.4-wrapped -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.0.5 5.2.6 5.2.0 5.1.0 5.0.1 4.3.5 4.0.5 4.0.5 libreoffice (7.5.4)
linux (6.4.4) 6.4.3 6.1.31 5.15.80 5.15.43 5.10.81 5.10.37 5.4.72 5.4.33 4.19.78 4.19.34 4.14.74 4.13.4 4.4.23 4.4.6 3.18.25 3.14.50 3.12.37 3.12.15 linux (6.4.4)
Package unstable 23.05
stoat
22.11
raccoon
22.05
quokka
21.11
porcupine
21.05
okapi
20.09
nightingale
20.03
markhor
19.09
loris
19.03
koi
18.09
jellyfish
17.09
hummingbird
16.09
flounder
16.03
emu
15.09.1012
dingo
14.12.885
caterpillar
14.04.630
baboon
13.10.35728
aardvark
Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.9.3 0.9.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.0.2) 11.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.2.17 10.1.26 10.1.17 10.1.9 10.0.22 10.0.15 10.0.11 -- mariadb (11.0.2)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.20.0 1.18.0 1.15.0 -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.3) 23.1.3 23.0.3 22.2.3 22.0.2 21.2.5 21.0.1 20.1.7 19.3.3 19.1.5 18.3.4 18.1.7 17.1.8 12.0.3 11.1.2 10.6.9 10.2.9 10.0.5 9.1.7 mesa (23.1.3)
mysql (8.1.0) 8.0.33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.7.23 5.7.19 5.7.15 5.5.48 5.5.45 5.5.45 5.5.37 5.5.34 mysql (8.1.0)
nautilus (44.2.1) 44.2.1 44.1 43.0 42.1.1 41.1 -- -- -- -- -- 3.28.1 3.24.2.1 3.20.2 3.18.5 3.16.2 3.12.2 3.10.1 -- nautilus (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (535.86.05) 535.54.03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (535.86.05)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.0.2 8u144 8u122 8u76 8u60 7u65 7u65 7u6 openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p2) 9.3p1 9.3p1 9.1p1 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.6p1 8.3p1 8.2p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.7p1 7.5p1 7.3p1 7.2p1 6.9p1 6.7p1 6.6p1 6.6p1 openssh (9.3p2)
openssl (3.1.1) 3.0.9 3.0.8d 3.0.7 1.1.1o 1.1.1l 1.1.1k 1.1.1g 1.1.1f 1.1.1d 1.0.2r 1.1.0i 1.1.0f 1.1.0b 1.0.2g 1.0.2f 1.0.1p 1.0.1k 1.0.1g openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.38.0) 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.34.1 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.32.0 5.30.1 5.30.0 5.28.1 5.24.4 5.24.2 5.22.2 5.22.1 5.22.0 5.20.1 5.16.3 5.16.3 perl (5.38.0)
php (8.2.8) 8.3.0alpha3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.1.22 7.1.8 7.0.11 7.0.2 5.6.16 5.4.44 5.4.35 5.4.23 php (8.2.8)
plasma-desktop (5.27.6) 5.27.6 5.27.5 5.26.4 -- 5.23.3 5.21.5 5.18.5 5.17.5 5.16.5 5.14.5 5.13.4 5.10.5 5.7.4 5.5.5 5.3.2 -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.6)
postfix (3.8.1) 3.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.3.1 3.1.3 3.1.2 2.11.5 2.11.5 2.11.3 2.8.12 2.8.12 postfix (3.8.1)
postgresql (15.3) 15.3 14.8 14.6 14.3 13.4 11.11 11.9 11.7 9.6.15 9.6.12 10.5 9.6.5 9.5.4 9.5.1 9.4.5 9.4.4 9.3.5 9.2.6 postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.4) 3.11.4 3.10.11 3.10.8 3.9.12 3.9.6 3.8.9 3.8.5 3.7.6 3.7.4 3.7.3 3.7.0 3.6.2 3.5.2 3.5.1 3.4.4 3.4.2 2.7.8 2.7.6 Python (3.11.4)
qt (6.5.2) 6.5.1 6.5.1 5.15.7 -- 5.15.3 5.15.2 5.12.7 5.12.7 5.12.0 5.12.0 5.11.1 5.9.1 5.7.0 5.5.1 5.3.2 4.8.6 4.8.6 4.8.6 qt (6.5.2)
samba (4.18.5) 4.17.7 4.17.7 4.17.3 4.15.5 4.15.1 4.14.4 4.12.6 4.11.5 4.10.8 4.7.12 4.7.9 4.6.7 4.3.11 4.3.6 4.2.3 3.6.25 3.6.24 3.6.22 samba (4.18.5)
systemd (253.7) 253.5 253.3 251.7 250.4 249.5 247.6 246.4 243 243 239 239 234 231 229 217 217 212 203 systemd (253.7)
thunderbird (115.0) 115.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 60.2.1 52.3.0 45.3.0 38.7.0 38.3.0 31.7.0 24.5.0 17.0.11 thunderbird (115.0)
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.4 2.2.6 2.2.4 2.2.2 2.2.1 2.1.5 2.1.4 2.1.1 vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.20.0 1.19.0 1.19.0 1.18.0 1.17.0 1.17.0 1.16.0 1.15.0 1.12.0 1.11.0 1.9.0 1.8.1 1.6.0 1.4.0 1.3.0 wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.12.2 4.10.3 4.10.2 4.10.2 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.8 21.1.8 1.20.14 21.1.3 1.20.13 1.20.11 1.20.8 1.20.8 1.20.5 1.20.4 1.19.6 1.19.3 1.18.3 1.17.4 1.17.2 1.16.4 1.14.7 1.13.4 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: unstable
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-15
Votes: 1


Yes, it is superb as an OS and not only that.

From my point of view it is the most versatile operating system. It is so well built from the architectural stage that it competes with the very powerful operating systems of the past and present.

Traditional Windows and UNIX operating systems do not have this paradigm, I wish they did.

Here we are talking about the reproduction of things; you can quickly have a system prepared with everything you had 20 years ago, so that you can feel the experience from then at least from time to time.

You can go ahead with the updates without worrying. if you compare the operating systems Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, AlmaLinux, Fedora, CentOS, Arch Linux and others with NixOS. You will always have a broken OS from time to time, due to incompatibilities; which does not happen with NixOS.
We don't like things that don't work and are broken!

Notice for the other Linux operating systems, it should improve the user experience and configuration.

You have your own build system, which gives you a lot of freedom to build things.
Even if it's hard to learn, it's worth it. you know why it's worth it, because you're a programmer and you can learn new and beautiful things in this life.

A powerful system that can be customized.

You can go back in time to boot for the configuration you want, which gives you a fantastic experience.

You can have multiple versions of the same program with small changes made by you; just slightly modifying some derivatives.
You can go to different configuration branches to experience old and new things or complicated hardware architectures.

You can have what you want with this operating system. Because this OS preserves the Linux philosophy; you to be the master of the operating system, and the system to do exactly what you want.

The UX/DX experience is quite good. A reliable system with documentation full of examples.

Come on Linux community, let's make this operating system a flagship operating system.

I want this operating system to be very attractive like Android, to be used by many people, to have many AI and Blockchain capabilities.

From my point of view it is an operating system from the future.

And I will always use it from now on.

Thank you to the Nix community, for what achievements you have had, have and will have.

I will stay with you.

I wish that whoever reads this note, will come back here again and share this further.

The future is a phoenix bird.

IN - 07.2023 :)


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Version: unstable
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-06
Votes: 0


Has been a rock solid distro for me. Has a installer these days but to use you have to learn the nixos language to make use of nix. If I want to setup dev env I have to read more.
Their wiki and the search for packages often get you the rest of the way to your goal.

Their stable repo is nice if you just like to have two major releases per year. And minimize the update cycles.

Nix has had more prebuilt kernels then arch repo, I think there is enough good software without adding anything.

I use some flatpaks for steam and games, and I got what I need.


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Version: 23.05
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-01
Votes: 2


this is a good distro to use. This distro has multiuser package management (system packages, system wide local packages, and user wide local packages) ability to roll back with ease, it is immutable, and it is quite up to date. There are also tons of packages for nixos. NVIDIA works great on nixos, broadcom wifi drivers work great on nixos, flatpaks work great on nixos (there is a way to fix the mouse icon issue in flatpaks) You also don't have to deal with dependency hell on nixos, you can have multiple versions, each user can have its own packages without needing root access, and it is a very reliable linux distro.


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