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NixOS 21.05

Installing Linux is usually a matter of: boot from install media, run installer, make choices, drink a hot beverage, reboot computer and start configuring everything to your needs. NixOS turns this completely on its head.

The starting point for NixOS is a configuration file called . This is where you specify everything about how you want your system set up, from which partitions to install to and the filesystems to use, to scan your hardware and create a basic configuration, which you then edit.

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