Nixos-unstable’s ISO_minimal.x86_64-Linux is 100% reproducible

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  • nix-ld

    Run unpatched dynamic binaries on NixOS

  • live-bootstrap

    Use of a Linux initramfs to fully automate the bootstrapping process

    • https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap is another approach, bootstrapping from a tiny binary seed that you could hand-assemble and type in as hex. But it doesn't address the dependency on the underling OS being trustworthy.

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  • nixpkgs

    Nix Packages collection & NixOS

    • There's an issue for this[0]. Currently Nixpkgs relies on a 130 MB (!) uncompressed tarball, which is pretty big compared to Guix. It would be amazing to get it down to something like less than 1 KB with live-bootstrap.

    Also, due to the way Nixpkgs is architectured, it also lets us experiment with more unusual ideas like a uutils-based stdenv[1] instead of GNU coreutils.

    [0] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/123095

    [1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/116274

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