NixOS Foundation

As a first step towards a better governance for official Nix projects, we are happy to announce the kick-off of the first Nix Steering Committee election! https://lnkd.in/dk2YCqCu

The Nix Documentation Team has been on a roll lately, with many improvements both behind and on your screen - for example, check out the new tutorials on running your own binary cache at https://nix.dev! https://lnkd.in/deBidxMt

Nix meetup in Arnhem, the Netherlands on Saturday 21 September, also Software Freedom Day: we're planning 2 short talks and plenty of room for learning, teaching, hacking and generally hanging out. Programme: * 19:30 Doors open * 20:00 Arnout: Why Nix is Great if you care about Software Freedom * 20:15 Adriel: Creating the tempest — a cursed new take on declarative neovim configuration * 20:30 Learning, teaching, hacking and sharing Speakers: Arnout Engelen (https://lnkd.in/dKgWH5Wa) is an open source software engineer and has been a nixpkgs committer since 2021, notably spearheading the Reproducible Builds effort within NixOS. Adriel Matei is a math student and a huge fan of functional programming, Rust, Nix, and all things Linux. Also into weird keyboards, rhythm games, and sci-fi books. https://lnkd.in/dJ4-nfEH https://lnkd.in/d6VV_uhD

There is a vulnerability in Nix 2.24. If you're using the regular nix from nixpkgs (which the vast majority of users will be), you're still on a safe version. If you recently (after August 1st) installed nix using the nix (not NixOS) installers, or are using nixVersions.git from nixpkgs, then you need to double-check. A fix is expected in version 2.24.6 which is to be released soon. GHSA-h4vv-h3jq-v493 #NixOS #security

Tonight in Brussels: join the BruNix meetup in HSBXL !

We’re excited to finally announce NixCon2024 - Berlin, Germany! This event is created by the community, for the community. Our aim is to demonstrate our self-sufficiency, so we have decided not to seek sponsorships for this occasion. We want to have a larger emphasis on workshops and on working together on problems we deeply care about. 📆 25-27th October 2024 📍 bUm Berlin, Germany 🔗 Buy your ticket here: https://buff.ly/3WhC51m 🎤 Please consider submitting a talk or workshop: https://buff.ly/3A5udZ6 💬 Follow the discourse: https://buff.ly/4cWvXm5 #NixOS #Community #NixCon2024 #Nix #NixCon

"Mob Cake" live streaming a live mob programming session of their regular Summer of Nix work. Join, ask questions, or help solve tricky packaging problems together. This session may be particularly interesting if you would like to: - see remote mob programming in action - get a taste of disciplined software development with Nix and NixOS - peek behind the curtains of cutting-edge free and open source software (rubbing two sticks together)

"Mob Cake" live streaming a live mob programming session of their regular Summer of Nix work. Join, ask questions, or help solve tricky packaging problems together. This session may be particularly interesting if you would like to: - see remote mob programming in action - get a taste of disciplined software development with Nix and NixOS - peek behind the curtains of cutting-edge free and open source software (rubbing two sticks together)

"Mob Cake" live streaming a live mob programming session of their regular Summer of Nix work. Join, ask questions, or help solve tricky packaging problems together. This session may be particularly interesting if you would like to: - see remote mob programming in action - get a taste of disciplined software development with Nix and NixOS - peek behind the curtains of cutting-edge free and open source software (rubbing two sticks together)

"Mob Cake" live streaming a live mob programming session of their regular Summer of Nix work. They'll be creating a new, auto-generated set of tree-sitter binding python packages for Nixpkgs. Join, ask questions, or help solve tricky packaging and code-generation problems together. This session may be particularly interesting if you would like to: - see remote mob programming in action - get a taste of disciplined software development with Nix and NixOS - peek behind the curtains of cutting-edge free and open source software (rubbing two sticks together)