Version This manual describes how to install, use and extend NixOS, a Linux distribution based on the purely functional package management system Nix. If you encounter problems, please report them on the nix-devel mailing list or on the #nixos channel on Freenode. Bugs should be reported in NixOS’ GitHub issue tracker. Commands prefixed with # have to be run as root, either requiring to login as root user or temporarily switching to it using sudo for example.