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<title > Preface</title>
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This manual describes how to install, use and extend NixOS, a Linux distribution based on the purely functional package management system Nix.
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If you encounter problems, please report them on the <literal
xlink:href="https://discourse.nixos.org">Discourse</literal> or on the <link
xlink:href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos"> <literal > #nixos</literal> channel on Freenode</link> . Bugs should be reported in <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues">NixOS’ GitHub issue tracker</link> .
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Commands prefixed with <literal > #</literal> have to be run as root, either requiring to login as root user or temporarily switching to it using <literal > sudo</literal> for example.
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<title > Configuration Options</title>
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