NixOS 16.09 "Flounder" Operating System Adds PXE Netboot Support, systemd 231

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A new stable version of the unique and independent NixOS Linux-based operating system has been announced on the last day of September 2016 with multiple new features and technologies, as well as up-to-date components.

Dubbed Flounder NixOS 16.09 is powered by the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel series, uses the latest systemd 231 init system, GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 5.4.0 compiler, and Glibc (GNU C Library) 2.24. Moreover, the graphics stack has been updated and it’s based on X.Org Server 1.18.

However, users of AMD Radeon graphics cards are being informed that if they use the ati_unfree video driver, the X.Org Server 1.17 display server will be automatically used due to an ABI incompatibility, which affects all GNU/Linux distributions. Support for PXE netboot has been enabled as well in this release.

“Many NixOS configurations and Nix packages now use significantly less disk space, thanks to the extensive work on closure size reduction. For example, th… (read more)
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