✨ A warm memory from NUG #10 in February! ✨ NUG meetups are a space to gather, share, and learn about our favorite package manager in a welcoming, informal setting. 📅 Next meetup: May 3, 2025 We’d love to see you there! socal-nug.com #NixOS #NixCommunity

We’re looking for the NixOS 25.05 Release Manager to collaborate closely with @NotAShelf, Getchoo, and the team. Interested? Learn more here: discourse.nixos.org/t/25-05-call-f…

Calling all mentors! The NixOS Foundation is looking for contributors to guide the next generation through the Outreachy program. Submit your project and help make open source more inclusive. Deadline: March 14 Make a difference—apply today! discourse.nixos.org/t/become-an-ou…

"This is how we should have done computer science forever." The latest NGI Zero podcast dives into how #NixOS is challenging the status quo and why a more open, reproducible approach to computing matters. podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episo… Give it a listen and join the conversation!

No formal wrap-up notes from Planet Nix, but who needs them when a picture says more than a thousand words? One highlight? Engaging discussions with the @System76 team about their COSMIC which runs on Ampere and, of course, #NixOS.

Good news for all #Nix fans—Nix 2.27.0 has landed, and it’s bringing some great quality-of-life improvements! A huge shoutout to the 21 contributors who made this release happen! Want to upgrade? Get it here releases.nixos.org/?prefix=nix/ni… Read the announcement discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-2-27-0-r…

Farid Zakaria set out to build a Nix derivation from scratch—no helpers, just raw JSON! 🛠️ After battling errors, missing keys, and hashing surprises, he finally got it working. 🎉 Read the full adventure here: discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-derivati…

Casual #NixOS Meetup in Vienna! Join an informal NixOS meetup to chat about all things #Nix & NixOS! 📅 April 7, 2025 | 🕕 18:00 | 📍 GT_, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien discourse.nixos.org/t/community-ca…

Mark your calendars! #NixCon 2025 is set: 📍 Where: OST, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland 📅 When: September 5-7, 2025 (Fri-Sun) Tag your fellow Nix fans, spread the word, and let’s make this the best NixCon yet! More details here: discourse.nixos.org/t/nixcon-2025-… #Nix #NixOS

Ocean Sprint 2025: A Wrap! A week of focused Nix development brought major improvements across the ecosystem! Thanks to everyone involved! Full report here: discourse.nixos.org/t/oceansprint-…

A thing about Nix for new users: flakes make dependency management less… flakey. *A flake is just a repo with a flake.nix file *It enforces structure & manages dependencies *Flake references use a URL-like syntax and can be locked for reproducibility More nix.dev

Nix packages are thawing—don’t panic (yet). The team is on it! ❄️ Stay frosty! Details here discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-packages…

NixOS Meetup in Darmstadt on April 7th, 2025! Join us for great discussions and networking. Open to all! 📍 Location: Chaos Computer Club Darmstadt e.V., Wilhelminenstr. 17, 64283 Darmstadt See you there! #NixOS discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-meetup…

North County NUG #2 🗓 April 20, 2025 | ⏰ 18:00–20:00 📍 Windmill Food Hall, Carlsbad, CA The North County Nix User Group is back! hether you're deep into NixOS or just curious about declarative development, you're warmly invited. northcounty.socal-nug.com/events/2025-04…

North County #Nix had its first 2025 meetup on April 20th! Thanks to Connor, Grant, Tristan, and Dan for joining the fun! #NixOS More details: discourse.nixos.org/t/north-county…

🚀 NixCon 2025 website is LIVE! Join us Sept 5-7 in Switzerland for "bridge-building" across the Nix community. ✅ Sponsorships open ✅ Hotel info coming soon ✅ Volunteers needed (especially AV!) Check it out: 2025.nixcon.org #NixCon2025 #NixOS

Only 10 days left to apply for Summer of Nix 2025! Are you a student or early-career dev passionate about #OSS? Join the program to work on real #FOSS projects, learn #Nix with experienced mentors, and connect with a global community. Apply by May 12: github.com/ngi-nix/summer…

Join us for the 6th Zürich ZHF hackathon on May 24-25! Help prepare for #NixOS 25.05 Warbler release: fix bugs, learn #Nix, network with contributors! Bring a friend, and meet the community. Details discourse.nixos.org/t/2025-05-24-2…

🎉 The Sovereign Tech Fund is investing €230K to strengthen Nixpkgs and the global #OpenSource supply chain. Focus areas: • CI performance • Reproducible builds • Faster Nix • Unprivileged daemon Early result: fod-oracle.org #NixOS as critical infrastructure.

Let’s have Nix meet-up in the Netherlands again! We'll meet the 26th at the ProcoliX office in Dordrecht (near Rotterdam) and have two speakers and plenty of time to socialize with other Nix folks discourse.nixos.org/t/nixnl-meetup… #NixOS #Nix #ProcoliX #Fediversity #Basisbeveiliging