Blog / Announcements / 2013

Nix 1.2 released

- Published on Sun Jan 06 2013

Nix 1.2 has been released. See the release notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ...

Nix 1.3 released

- Published on Tue Feb 05 2013

Nix 1.3 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release. See the release notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ...

NixOS switched to systemd

- Published on Thu Feb 21 2013

NixOS has switched from Upstart to systemd! Systemd brings many advantages such as better dependency management, socket-based activation of services, per-service logging, cgroup-based process management, and much more. (Read the announcement.) ...

Nix 1.4 released

- Published on Tue Mar 26 2013

Nix 1.4 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release that addresses a security problem in multi-user mode. See the release notes for details. For installation information, see the manual. ...

Nix 1.5.1 released

- Published on Thu Mar 28 2013

Nix 1.5.1 has been released. It fixes a regression introduced in Nix 1.4. See the release notes for details. ...

Nix 1.5.2 released

- Published on Thu Jun 13 2013

Nix 1.5.2 has been released. This is a bug fix release. ...

Nix 1.5.3 released

- Published on Wed Jul 17 2013

Nix 1.5.3 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release. See the release notes for details. ...

NixOps 1.0 released

- Published on Thu Jul 25 2013

NixOps 1.0 has been released, the inaugural release of the NixOS cloud deployment tool. See the announcement and the manual for details. ...

NixOS presentation at EuroPython

- Published on Mon Aug 05 2013

Domen Kožar gave a presentation at EuroPython 2013: “NixOS Operating System: Declarative Configuration Distribution”. ...

NixOps 1.0.1 released

- Published on Sun Aug 11 2013

NixOps 1.0.1 has been released, a minor bug fix release. See the manual for details. ...

NixOS sprint in Slovenia

- Published on Thu Aug 15 2013

A sprint focused on NixOS and Kotti will be held 22-26 July 2013 in Lokve, Slovenia. It is organised by Termitnjak and sponsored by LogicBlox. ...

NixOps 1.1 released

- Published on Wed Oct 09 2013

NixOps 1.1 has been released. This release brings a backend for Hetzner, a German data center provider, support for EC2 spot instances and some minor bugfixes. See the manual for details. ...

Nix 1.6 released

- Published on Thu Oct 10 2013

Nix 1.6 has been released. See the release notes for details. ...

NixOps 1.1.1 released

- Published on Sat Nov 02 2013

NixOps 1.1.1 has been released. This release consists mostly of minor bugfixes. See the manual for details. ...

NixOS sources merged into Nixpkgs

- Published on Sun Nov 10 2013

The NixOS Git tree has been merged into the Nixpkgs tree in order to simplify development. The sources now live in the nixos subdirectory of the Nixpkgs repository on GitHub. See the announcement for more information. ...

Nix 1.6.1 released

- Published on Thu Nov 28 2013

Nix 1.6.1 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release but has some minor new features. See the release notes for details. ...

NixOS 13.10 released

- Published on Sun Dec 01 2013

We have released NixOS 13.10, the first stable branch of NixOS. Its goal is to provide a safe branch for production environments that need bug fixes and security updates, but not the potentially destabilising changes that sometimes occur on the unstable branch. You can get NixOS 13.10 ISOs and VirtualBox appliances from the download page. See the announcement for more information. For information on how to switch an existing NixOS machine from the unstable channel to 13.10, check out the manual section on upgrading. ...