# NixOS & Nix Flakes - A Guide for Beginners

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-nix-flakes-a-guide-for-beginners/28031
**Category:** Guides
**Created:** [May 10, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-nix-flakes-a-guide-for-beginners/28031 "2023-05-10T16:45:42Z")
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### Author: ![ryan4yin](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/ryan4yin/32/9302_2.png) [@ryan4yin](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/ryan4yin)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-nix-flakes-a-guide-for-beginners/28031/1 "2023-05-10T16:45:42Z")

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Hello Everyone~ I wrote a brand new NixOS & Nix Flakes Guide during my recent practices with them.

I would like to share this guide here, hoping to bring some help to beginners just like me.

looking forward to any feedback to improve this article!

[https://thiscute.world/en/posts/nixos-and-flake-basics/](https://thiscute.world/en/posts/nixos-and-flake-basics/)

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