--- title: NixOS: A Combination Linux OS and Package Manager description: NixOS is a Linux distribution that uses its own packaging system, Nix, to build itself and support other Linux applications. It offers faster repeatable builds... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nixos-a-combination-linux-os-and-package-manager-qtphafr6a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: NixOS: A Combination Linux OS and Package Manager | daily.dev og:description: NixOS is a Linux distribution that uses its own packaging system, Nix, to build itself and support other Linux applications. It offers faster repeatable builds... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nixos-a-combination-linux-os-and-package-manager-qtphafr6a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qtpHaFR6a.png og:image:alt: NixOS: A Combination Linux OS and Package Manager og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # NixOS: A Combination Linux OS and Package Manager **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 5 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NixOS is a Linux distribution that uses its own packaging system, Nix, to build itself and support other Linux applications. It offers faster repeatable builds and has gained interest in the open source community. However, there are potential drawbacks to switching to NixOS, and it has a learning curve. Nix ensures reproducible builds by using a declarative model and a functional build language. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#iac](https://daily.dev/tags/iac) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nixos-a-combination-linux-os-and-package-manager-qtphafr6a) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"NixOS: A Combination Linux OS and Package Manager","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nixos-a-combination-linux-os-and-package-manager-qtphafr6a","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nixos-a-combination-linux-os-and-package-manager-qtphafr6a"},"datePublished":"2023-12-07T15:56:04.247Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T15:56:02.178Z","description":"NixOS is a Linux distribution that uses its own packaging system, Nix, to build itself and support other Linux applications. It offers faster repeatable builds...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2bee2f9cb1f6c5b54896f5e53fcd1c24?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2bee2f9cb1f6c5b54896f5e53fcd1c24?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/nixos-a-combination-linux-os-and-package-manager-qtphafr6a","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,iac","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NixOS: A Combination Linux OS and Package Manager"}]} ```