News

Announcements

• RFC 0085 FCP NixOS Release Stabilization: ZHF on master, new timeline

  RFC 0085 has been accepted!

• Nix Portable

  Nix - Static, Permissionless, Install-free, Pre-configured

• The Summer of Nix

  A two month train and work program from August 2nd to October 15th 2021 - great for anyone who wants to rapidly increase their Nix skills while doing useful work.

• Nix 🖤 macOS Monthly Update

• Nix is the ultimate DevOps toolkit

• nix-script: nix-shell shebangs for speed and flexibility

Tutorials & Resources

• Building container images with Nix

• Getting started with Home Manager

• Using NixOS as a Router (NaaR)

• My Automagic NixOS Wireguard Setup

• Qubes-lite With KVM and Wayland

• Installing NixOS on a Mac

• Video Series: Introduction To Nix and NixOS

• Video tutorial of Flakes in Nix 2.4

  Video explains how to improve the reproducibility of nix expressions, why and for what we may need flakes and how to use them.

• Build Arduino sketches like any other nix derivation.

Jobs

• DevOps Engineer at Secure Compute Startup

  Drive the adoption of Nix at a secure compute startup by developing and maintaining our CI pipeline and infrastructure.

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