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author | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2022-05-31 09:59:33 +0000 |
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committer | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2022-05-31 09:59:57 +0000 |
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Last good Nixpkgs for Weston+nouveau? archive
I came this commit hash to terwiz[m] on IRC, who is trying to figure out what the last version of Spectrum that worked on their NUC with Nvidia graphics is.
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a922feda253 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-obtaining"> + <title>Obtaining NixOS</title> + <para> + NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the + <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS + download page</link>. There are a number of installation options. If + you happen to have an optical drive and a spare CD, burning the + image to CD and booting from that is probably the easiest option. + Most people will need to prepare a USB stick to boot from. + <xref linkend="sec-booting-from-usb" /> describes the preferred + method to prepare a USB stick. A number of alternative methods are + presented in the + <link xlink:href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Making_the_installation_media">NixOS + Wiki</link>. + </para> + <para> + As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a + running NixOS system through several other means: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) + that can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from + the + <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS + download page</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Using AMIs for Amazon’s EC2. To find one for your region and + instance type, please refer to the + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-amis.nix">list + of most recent AMIs</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which + allows you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from + declarative specifications. Check out the + <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixops">NixOps + homepage</link> for details. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</chapter> |