What is the operating system NixOS

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It is an operating system belonging to the family Linux. And this is a operating system that is independent, that is, it is not based on another operating system how could it be Debian or OpenSUSE. It is originally from Netherlands. Use the following desktop environments: Awesome, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, i3, IceWM, KDE Plasma, Ratpoison, Xfce.
Xfce is a desktop environment lightweight for this reason is useful for computers with low computation power. The KDE Desktop in together with Gnome the most used desktop in linux. It is highly customizable and somewhat heavy but less so than Gnome.
Use cases:

  • This distro can be used as a web server.
  • This distro is thought to be a workstation operating system.
  • NixOS it can be used from a flash drive or CD without having to install it on the PC.
  • NixOS is for educational purposes.

Architectures supported by NixOS:
i686, x86_64

This operating system has a good user base so there will be more resources on forums and websites when developing or using it.

Offical website of NixOS

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