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          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
          version="5.0"
          xml:id="sec-obtaining">
-
-<title>Obtaining NixOS</title>
-
-<para>NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the <link
-xlink:href="http://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
+ <title>Obtaining NixOS</title>
+ <para>
+  NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the
+  <link
+xlink:href="http://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:
-
-<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="http://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
+  Wiki</link>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+  As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a running NixOS
+  system through several other means:
+  <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="http://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
+     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>
-
-</para>
-
+     details.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
 </chapter>