DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 976, 11 July 2022

One of the more interesting approaches to Linux software management is provided by the Nix package manager. Nix offers all sorts of interesting features, including package generations, instantly switching between versions of packages, rolling back updates, and reproducible builds. This week we begin with a look at Nix, both in the NixOS distribution and installed on another distribution as a third-party software manager.