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Release 13.10 ("Aardvark", 2013/10/31) {#sec-release-13.10}

NixOS

Overview

Administration›

Boot Problems {#sec-boot-problems}
Cleaning the Nix Store {#sec-nix-gc}
Container Networking {#sec-container-networking}
Container Management {#ch-containers}
Control Groups {#sec-cgroups}
Declarative Container Specification {#sec-declarative-containers}
Imperative Container Management {#sec-imperative-containers}
Logging {#sec-logging}
Maintenance Mode {#sec-maintenance-mode}
Network Problems {#sec-nix-network-issues}
NixOS {#sec-nixos-state}
Rebooting and Shutting Down {#sec-rebooting}
Rolling Back Configuration Changes {#sec-rollback}
Administration {#ch-running}
Service Management {#sec-systemctl}
Nix Store Corruption {#sec-nix-store-corruption}
Necessary system state {#ch-system-state}
systemd {#sec-systemd-state}
Troubleshooting {#ch-troubleshooting}
User Sessions {#sec-user-sessions}
ZFS {#sec-zfs-state}

Configuration›

Abstractions {#sec-module-abstractions}
Ad-Hoc Configuration {#ad-hoc-network-config}
Ad-Hoc Package Management {#sec-ad-hoc-packages}
Adding Custom Packages {#sec-custom-packages}
NixOS Configuration File {#sec-configuration-file}
Configuration Syntax {#sec-configuration-syntax}
Configuration {#ch-configuration}
Customising Packages {#sec-customising-packages}
Declarative Package Management {#sec-declarative-package-mgmt}
File Systems {#ch-file-systems}
Firewall {#sec-firewall}
GPU acceleration {#sec-gpu-accel}
IPv4 Configuration {#sec-ipv4}
IPv6 Configuration {#sec-ipv6}
Kubernetes {#sec-kubernetes}
Linux Kernel {#sec-kernel-config}
LUKS-Encrypted File Systems {#sec-luks-file-systems}
Mattermost {#sec-mattermost}
Modularity {#sec-modularity}
NetworkManager {#sec-networkmanager}
Networking {#sec-networking}
Overlayfs {#sec-overlayfs}
Package Management {#sec-package-management}
Profiles {#ch-profiles}
Renaming network interfaces {#sec-rename-ifs}
Secure Shell Access {#sec-ssh}
SSHFS File Systems {#sec-sshfs-file-systems}
Subversion {#module-services-subversion}
User Management {#sec-user-management}
Wayland {#sec-wayland}
Wireless Networks {#sec-wireless}
X Window System {#sec-x11}
Xfce Desktop Environment {#sec-xfce}
All Hardware {#sec-profile-all-hardware}
Base {#sec-profile-base}
Clone Config {#sec-profile-clone-config}
Demo {#sec-profile-demo}
Docker Container {#sec-profile-docker-container}
Graphical {#sec-profile-graphical}
Headless {#sec-profile-headless}
Installation Device {#sec-profile-installation-device}
Minimal {#sec-profile-minimal}
Perlless {#sec-perlless}
QEMU Guest {#sec-profile-qemu-guest}

Contributing To This Manual.Chapter›

Contributing to this manual {#chap-contributing}

Development›

Activation script {#sec-activation-script}
Warnings and Assertions {#sec-assertions}
Bootspec {#sec-bootspec}
Building Specific Parts of NixOS {#sec-building-parts}
Developing the NixOS Test Driver {#chap-developing-the-test-driver}
Development {#ch-development}
`/etc` via overlay filesystem {#sec-etc-overlay}
Freeform modules {#sec-freeform-modules}
Importing Modules {#sec-importing-modules}
Linking NixOS tests to packages {#sec-linking-nixos-tests-to-packages}
Meta Attributes {#sec-meta-attributes}
Modular Services {#modular-services}
NixOS Tests {#sec-nixos-tests}
Non Switchable Systems {#sec-non-switchable-system}
Option Declarations {#sec-option-declarations}
Option Definitions {#sec-option-definitions}
Options Types {#sec-option-types}
Replace Modules {#sec-replace-modules}
Running Tests interactively {#sec-running-nixos-tests-interactively}
Running Tests {#sec-running-nixos-tests}
Options for Program Settings {#sec-settings-options}
Getting the Sources {#sec-getting-sources}
Testing Hardware Features {#sec-nixos-test-testing-hardware-features}
Testing the Installer {#ch-testing-installer}
Unit handling {#sec-unit-handling}
What happens during a system switch? {#sec-switching-systems}
Writing NixOS Documentation {#sec-writing-documentation}
Writing NixOS Modules {#sec-writing-modules}
Writing Tests {#sec-writing-nixos-tests}

Installation›

Building Images with `nixos-rebuild build-image` {#sec-image-nixos-rebuild-build-image}
Building Images via `systemd-repart` {#sec-image-repart}
Building a NixOS (Live) ISO {#sec-building-image}
Changing the Configuration {#sec-changing-config}
Installation {#ch-installation}
Installing behind a proxy {#sec-installing-behind-proxy}
Installing from another Linux distribution {#sec-installing-from-other-distro}
"Booting" into NixOS via kexec {#sec-booting-via-kexec}
Booting from the "netboot" media (PXE) {#sec-booting-from-pxe}
Booting from a USB flash drive {#sec-booting-from-usb}
Installing in a VirtualBox guest {#sec-installing-virtualbox-guest}
Installing NixOS {#sec-installation}
Obtaining NixOS {#sec-obtaining}
Upgrading NixOS {#sec-upgrading}

Manual›

NixOS Manual {#book-nixos-manual}

Nixos Options›

Configuration Options {#ch-options}

Preface›

Preface {#preface}

Release Notes›

Release Notes {#ch-release-notes}
Release 13.10 ("Aardvark", 2013/10/31) {#sec-release-13.10}
Release 14.04 ("Baboon", 2014/04/30) {#sec-release-14.04}
Release 14.12 ("Caterpillar", 2014/12/30) {#sec-release-14.12}
Release 15.09 ("Dingo", 2015/09/30) {#sec-release-15.09}
Release 16.03 ("Emu", 2016/03/31) {#sec-release-16.03}
Release 16.09 ("Flounder", 2016/09/30) {#sec-release-16.09}
Release 17.03 ("Gorilla", 2017/03/31) {#sec-release-17.03}
Release 17.09 ("Hummingbird", 2017/09/??) {#sec-release-17.09}
Release 18.03 ("Impala", 2018/04/04) {#sec-release-18.03}
Release 18.09 ("Jellyfish", 2018/10/05) {#sec-release-18.09}
Release 19.03 ("Koi", 2019/04/11) {#sec-release-19.03}
Release 19.09 ("Loris", 2019/10/09) {#sec-release-19.09}
Release 20.03 ("Markhor", 2020.04/20) {#sec-release-20.03}
Release 20.09 ("Nightingale", 2020.10/27) {#sec-release-20.09}
Release 21.05 ("Okapi", 2021.05/31) {#sec-release-21.05}
Release 21.11 (“Porcupine”, 2021/11/30) {#sec-release-21.11}
Release 22.05 (“Quokka”, 2022.05/30) {#sec-release-22.05}
Release 22.11 (“Raccoon”, 2022.11/30) {#sec-release-22.11}
Release 23.05 (“Stoat”, 2023.05/31) {#sec-release-23.05}
Release 23.11 (“Tapir”, 2023.11/29) {#sec-release-23.11}
Release 24.05 (“Uakari”, 2024.05/31) {#sec-release-24.05}
Release 24.11 (“Vicuña”, 2024.11/28) {#sec-release-24.11}
Release 25.05 (“Warbler”, 2025.05/23) {#sec-release-25.05}
Release 25.11 ("Xantusia", 2025.11/30) {#sec-release-25.11}
Release 26.05 ("Yarara", 2026.05/30) {#sec-release-26.05}
Release 26.11 ("Zokor", 2026.11/??) {#sec-release-26.11}

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NixOS

Release 13.10 ("Aardvark", 2013/10/31) {#sec-release-13.10}

Release 13.10 ("Aardvark", 2013/10/31) {#sec-release-13.10}

This is the first stable release branch of NixOS.

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