Episode Details

0:00 Cold Open
1:47 Wireguard on Pi's?
16:06 The History of NixOS
1:03:39 Our Thoughts on NixOS
1:32:00 Housekeeping
1:36:55 App Focus: tldr
1:40:35 Next Time: Topics
1:42:55 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

1. We Pi-ify the Wireguard
2. The history of NixOS
3. Will we nix the Nix?
4. and TL;DR, tldr

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• [Wireguard](wireguard.io) on a Pi 2B+?

NixOS

• Original developer: Eelco Dolstra (Nix), Armijn Hemel (NixOS)
• Site: nixos.org
• Base System: Independent
• Desktop Environment: Gnome or Plasma
• File Manager: Files or Dolphin
• Package Manager: nix
• Kernel: 5.15.11
• Display Manager: gdm or sddm
• Display Protocol: X11, Wayland

History

• Wikipedia page for NixOS
• About NixOS from the NixOS Wiki
• History of the NixOS Wiki
• Started as a research project in 2003
  • Thesis
• Dec 2008 Linux.com writes
• Jun 2009 LWN.net writes
• Sep 2010 XFCE is added
• Nov 2011 NixOS moves to Github
• 2012 Nix 1.0 released
• Feb 2013 NixOS moves from Upstart to systemd
• Jun 2013 NixOps is released
• Oct 2013 NixOS 13.10, Aardvark released!
• The French website LinuxFR covers NixOS 14.04.
• Another 2014 Review by Ordinatechnic
• 2015 review from LinuxFR
• A talk by Rok Garbas titled "Make Nix Friendlier for Beginners"

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