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The project has moved away from Freenode as an IRC network[1], and there is now a quite large channel on Libera. As such, we should point users towards that instead. This also changes all examples to refer to libera instead of freenode as, with the recent deletion of all freenode channels, it is perhaps where most communities are to be found nowadays. Finally, also link to the official Matrix room[2] as an alternative to IRC. Related: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/129384 [1]: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/join-us-on-matrix-at-nix-nixos-org-migrating-from-freenode [2]: https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/94
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<preface xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xml:id="preface">
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<title>Preface</title>
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<para>
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This manual describes how to install, use and extend NixOS, a Linux
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distribution based on the purely functional package management system
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix">Nix</link>, that is composed
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using modules and packages defined in the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs">Nixpkgs</link> project.
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</para>
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<para>
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Additional information regarding the Nix package manager and the Nixpkgs
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project can be found in respectively the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix/manual">Nix manual</link> and the
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<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual">Nixpkgs manual</link>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you encounter problems, please report them on the
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<literal
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xlink:href="https://discourse.nixos.org">Discourse</literal>,
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the <link
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xlink:href="https://matrix.to/#nix:nixos.org">Matrix room</link>,
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or on the <link
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xlink:href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#nixos">
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<literal>#nixos</literal> channel on Libera.Chat</link>.
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Alternatively, consider <link
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xlink:href="#chap-contributing">
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contributing to this manual</link>. Bugs should be
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reported in
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<link
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xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues">NixOS’
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GitHub issue tracker</link>.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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Commands prefixed with <literal>#</literal> have to be run as root, either
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requiring to login as root user or temporarily switching to it using
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<literal>sudo</literal> for example.
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</para>
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</note>
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</preface>
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