![]() ![]() Popular Linux applications, such as Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, and VLC Media Player can also be installed in NixOS. Those of you who want to use a different desktop environment, can do so by installing Xfce, Awesome, IceWM, i3, and even the Ratpoison window manager. Everything is stored in the /nix/store directory. All the software packages are managed by the state of the art Nix package manager software, and there’s no /bin, /sbin, /lib, /usr filesystem hierarchy. ![]() Its KDE desktop environment is mostly untouched, providing all the applications that one needs on a daily basis, such as the Dolphin file manager, the Konqueror web browser, the KMail email client, Dragon Player, and much more. Automatic hardware detection will make sure that all your hardware components are recognized and configured during the installation process. Currently, NixOS can be installed on both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures, it uses some GTK applications, but most of the user interface is KDE based. It provides support for Nvidia, ATI and Intel graphics cards, LVM (Logical Volume Manager) and RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). The CD allows users to install the NixOS operating system, but it can’t be used directly from the live media. It also manages boot scripts, configuration files, and other similar files that are involved in the package management of a Linux distribution. ![]() Similar to APT and YUM, the Nix package manager makes sure that no package is broken during upgrades. ![]() It is called NixOS because it’s based on Nix, a purely functional package management system. NixOS is an independent, functional and usable GNU/Linux distribution that uses the KDE Plasma Workspaces and Applications as its default desktop environment. ![]()
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