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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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That Computer Scientist - Nix is the New Arch! (thatcomputerscientist.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, it can be, because there are 3 different ways on NixOS:

configuration.nix, to have it installed for all isers and have it saved in the configuration so you can reproduce it.

nix-env, which installs it locally for the current user and doesn't save in the configuration.nix

nix-shell, to install this package in a temporary shell, so the package is never really installed on your system, it's just there temporarily, until you exit that shell session.