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diff --git a/tools/nixery/docs/src/nix.md b/tools/nixery/docs/src/nix.md deleted file mode 100644 index 2bfd75a692..0000000000 --- a/tools/nixery/docs/src/nix.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -# 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 |