I can haz smoller NixOS ISOs?
birdculture
30 points
1 comment
June 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (1 comments)
craftkiller
That's how I manage all of my virtual machines: building an ISO from a NixOS config and booting it as a virtual machine. I'm going to take some time to see what bits of this I can copy to slim down my ISOs. One additional benefit: I build all my software from source (by disabling the nix cache) so stripping out these extra programs will not only slim down my ISOs but it will also reduce the build time.