NixOS Manual Eelco Dolstra 2007 2008 Eelco Dolstra Preface This manual describes NixOS, a Linux distribution based on the purely functional package management system Nix. NixOS is rather bleeding edge, and this manual is correspondingly sketchy and quite possibly out of date. It gives basic information on how to get NixOS up and running, but since NixOS is very much a work in progress, you are likely to encounter problems here and there. Extensive familiarity with Linux is recommended. If you encounter problems, please report them on the nix-dev@cs.uu.nl mailing list or on .