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nix resources

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the biggest hurdle in getting into nix is having the revelvant documentation available. This page is just another collection of useful resources to support success.

nix

nix the language

nixhub https://www.nixhub.io/packages/mysql

newer documentation https://nix.dev/

nix-search-cli https://github.com/peterldowns/nix-search-cli

nix-pills: Interesting information if you want to know how nix works. A little dated. https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills

nix packge versions - https://lazamar.co.uk/nix-versions/

nix channel status is at https://status.nixos.org/

flakes

nixos

package search https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=firefox

option search https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=firefox

wiki https://nixos.wiki/

Search the NUR (Nix User Repositories) https://nur.nix-community.org/

home-manager

option search https://mipmip.github.io/home-manager-option-search/

hydra (build system)

hydra is the build system for nix and nixos

watch when a github pr lands in a channel https://nixpk.gs/pr-tracker.html?pr=268800

reproducible builds https://reproducible.nixos.org/

Fun Stuff

package stats https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/nonunique