[GTALUG] Virtualized OSes
Jamon Camisso
jamon.camisso at utoronto.ca
Wed Apr 22 21:46:27 UTC 2015
On 22/04/15 05:44 PM, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> NixOS addresses quite a few of these. Each version of a package is built
> into its own unique prefixed environment, and each build can have its
> own env variables set. You're free to switch between versions on your
> system as well.
>
> Essentially it is a distro that is built using pointers to individual
> packages' git commit ids.
Replying to myself - that part isn't accurate. The package manager deals
with where the upstream source is found. http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/
Cheers, Jamon
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