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-…
#NixOS #Nix #ProcoliX #Fediversity #Basisbeveiliging
ALT Illustration with headshots of the two speakers. Credits for Johan's picture: https://flickr.com/photos/dvanzuijlekom/
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🎉 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.
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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/2025-0…
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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-of…
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🚀 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
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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-…
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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/ev…
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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-…
ALT NixOS Meetup in Darmstadt – April 7
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Nix packages are thawing—don’t panic (yet). The team is on it! ❄️
Stay frosty! Details here discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-pa…
ALT Stay Cool with NixCool™
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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
ALT nix.dev
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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/oceans…
ALT OceanSprint 2025 Report
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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…
#Nix #NixOS
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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/commun…
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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-de…
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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=n…
Read the announcement discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-2-…
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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 @AmpereComputing and, of course, #NixOS.
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"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/ep…
Give it a listen and join the conversation!
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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…
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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-…
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✨ 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
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