# The NixOS Challenge

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/451/
> We explore what makes NixOS so powerful, and why it might be the future of all Linux distributions.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 451
- Date: 2022-03-27
- Hosts: chris, wes, brent
- Duration: 01:09:54
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/6db0f445-720d-4c22-851b-b66c2fd1afa5.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/HM4t4pQcU_s



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### Episode Links

  * [JB Meetups](http://meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting "JB Meetups")
  * [NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS "NixOS Wiki")
  * [NixOS Manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/options.html "NixOS Manual")
  * [Nix - Introduction](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/ "Nix - Introduction")
  * [Cheatsheet - NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/index.php?title=Cheatsheet&useskin=vector "Cheatsheet - NixOS Wiki")
  * [What Is Nix — Developer Tooling](https://shopify.engineering/what-is-nix "What Is Nix — Developer Tooling")
  * [Nix Pills](https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/ "Nix Pills")
  * [NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems](https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/03/nixos_linux_os_design/ "NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems")
  * [NixOS Package Search](https://search.nixos.org/packages "NixOS Package Search")
  * [Consolidation in podcasting: happening fast](https://podnews.net/update/consolidation-buy "Consolidation in podcasting: happening fast")
  * [BeardedTek-com/fEVR](https://github.com/beardedtek-com/fevr "BeardedTek-com/fEVR") — frigate Event Video Recorder.