News

• Nix overlay to program and use a tomu U2F token

• #33686: New installer bootloader

  Updates the bootloader, shedding one of the few remaining old logos, while also adding new features. Mainly, HiDPI options under a new sub-menu, allowing modesetting the console to a readable size!

• RFC 32: Tweak the process of executing phases in the stdenv for better nix-shell UX

  A proposal for making it easier to manually run phases of a build inside a nix-shell.

• Real-time audio in NixOS

• Bootstrap a zfs-on-root NixOS installation using only one command with Themelios

  Themelios automates the entire installation process of a NixOS zfs-on-root system using any NixOS livedisk with an internet connection and your git repository. Themelios is flexible with many configuration options and allows for unique, per-machine customization.

• Nix 2.1 released

  Installer defaulting to single user, multi user support for Linux, constant memory streaming of NAR files and more.

• Zero Hydra Failures for 18.09

  Excellent opportunity to join the community get build failures down to zero.

• 19.03 to be called Koi

• Recent Cachix downtime

  A dive into what went wrong in recent ~2h downtime and steps taken to prevent it from happening again.

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