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diff --git a/tools/nixery/docs/src/nix.md b/tools/nixery/docs/src/nix.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2bfd75a6925c --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/nixery/docs/src/nix.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# Nix + +These sections are designed to give some background information on what Nix is. +If you've never heard of Nix before looking at Nixery, this might just be the +page for you! + +[Nix][] is a functional package-manager that comes with a number of advantages +over traditional package managers, such as side-by-side installs of different +package versions, atomic updates, easy customisability, simple binary caching +and much more. Feel free to explore the [Nix website][Nix] for an overview of +Nix itself. + +Nix uses a custom programming language also called Nix, which is explained here +[on its own page][nix-1p]. + +In addition to the package manager and language, the Nix project also maintains +[NixOS][] - a Linux distribution built entirely on Nix. On NixOS, users can +declaratively describe the *entire* configuration of their system and perform +updates/rollbacks to other system configurations with ease. + +Most Nix packages are tracked in the [Nix package set][nixpkgs], usually simply +referred to as `nixpkgs`. It contains tens of thousands of packages already! + +Nixery (which you are looking at!) provides an easy & simple way to get started +with Nix, in fact you don't even need to know that you're using Nix to make use +of Nixery. + +[Nix]: https://nixos.org/nix/ +[nix-1p]: nix-1p.html +[NixOS]: https://nixos.org/ +[nixpkgs]: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs |