Merge pull request #95988 from rnhmjoj/release-notes

nixos/release-notes: mention GRUB password support
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Two new option <link linkend="opt-documentation.man.generateCaches">documentation.man.generateCaches</link>
The new option <link linkend="opt-documentation.man.generateCaches">documentation.man.generateCaches</link>
has been added to automatically generate the <literal>man-db</literal> caches, which are needed by utilities
like <command>whatis</command> and <command>apropos</command>. The caches are generated during the build of
the NixOS configuration: since this can be expensive when a large number of packages are installed, the
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The NixOS module system now supports freeform modules as a mix between <literal>types.attrsOf</literal> and <literal>types.submodule</literal>. These allow you to explicitly declare a subset of options while still permitting definitions without an associated option. See <xref linkend='sec-freeform-modules'/> for how to use them.
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The GRUB module gained support for basic password protection, which
allows to restrict non-default entries in the boot menu to one or more
users. The users and passwords are defined via the option
<option>boot.loader.grub.users</option>.
Note: Password support is only avaiable in GRUB version 2.
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