l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis: > The QEMU image is not NixOS, because NixOS provides extra features, such > as whole-system configuration (including services, etc.), and > whole-system transactional update & rollback. > > The QEMU image is basically cross-built using Nix, and because of that, > it uses per-package installation directories under /nix/store. > > So, technically, I would call it a “Nix-based GNU QEMU image”, or > something like that.
And I should mention that NixOS uses Upstart, whereas the QEMU image uses nothing more than /libexec/runsystem and passive translators. Ludo’.
