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Good Nix OS series: five articles for new users.
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I found these interesting Nix OS articles series for users that want to try it and learn first things, have a good reading!
- NixOS Series #1: Why Should You Consider Using NixOS?
- NixOS Series #2: How to Install NixOS on a Virtual Machine?
- NixOS Series #3: Install and Remove Packages in NixOS
- NixOS Series #4: Things To Do After Installing NixOS
- NixOS Series #5: How to set up home-manager on NixOS?
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Imho I wouldn't bother with nix-env or nix profile. It just creates a secondary list of packages that needs to be maintained and it's cumbersome to do so. There's nix-shell or nix shell if you need a package temporarily and there's your configuration.nix or flake for everything else.