<book xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" version="5.0" xml:id="book-nixos-manual"> <info> <title>NixOS Manual</title> <subtitle>Version <xi:include href="./generated/version" parse="text" /> </subtitle> </info> <preface xml:id="preface"> <title>Preface</title> <para> This manual describes how to install, use and extend NixOS, a Linux distribution based on the purely functional package management system Nix. </para> <para> If you encounter problems, please report them on the <literal xlink:href="https://discourse.nixos.org">Discourse</literal> or on the <link xlink:href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos"> <literal>#nixos</literal> channel on Freenode</link>. Bugs should be reported in <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues">NixOS’ GitHub issue tracker</link>. </para> <note> <para> Commands prefixed with <literal>#</literal> have to be run as root, either requiring to login as root user or temporarily switching to it using <literal>sudo</literal> for example. </para> </note> </preface> <xi:include href="installation/installation.xml" /> <xi:include href="configuration/configuration.xml" /> <xi:include href="administration/running.xml" /> <!-- <xi:include href="userconfiguration.xml" /> --> <xi:include href="development/development.xml" /> <appendix xml:id="ch-options"> <title>Configuration Options</title> <xi:include href="./generated/options-db.xml" xpointer="configuration-variable-list" /> </appendix> <xi:include href="release-notes/release-notes.xml" /> </book>