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Expand Up @@ -55,20 +55,21 @@ Explanations of history and ideas in the Nix ecosystem
The following list illustrates some of what can be achieved with the Nix ecosystem:

- {ref}`Reproducible development environments <ad-hoc-envs>`.
- Easy installation of software over URLs.
- {ref}`Standalone program execution <ad-hoc-envs>`.
- Easy installation of software over URLs and from source code.
- Easy transfer of software environments between computers.
- {ref}`Declarative specification of Linux machines <deploy-nixos-using-terraform>`.
- {ref}`Reproducible integration testing using virtual machines <integration-testing-vms>`.
- {ref}`Deployment of services to machines running NixOS <nixos-vms>`.
- {ref}`Utilization of libraries and tools to build software with Nixpkgs <packaging-tutorial>`.
- Avoidance of version conflicts with already installed software.
- Installing software from source code.
- {ref}`Transparent build caching using binary caches <github-actions>`.
- Strong support for software auditability.
- {ref}`First-class cross compilation support <cross-compilation>`.
- Remote builds.
- Remote deployments.
- Atomic upgrades and rollbacks.


## Who is Nix for?

Nix is a tool for people who both need computers to do exactly as intended, repeatably, far into the future, and who are familiar with command line interfaces and plain text editors.
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