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# Determinate Nix
**Determinate Nix** is a downstream distribution of [Nix], a purely
functional language, CLI tool, and package management system.
**Determinate Nix** is a downstream distribution of [Nix], a purely functional language, CLI tool, and package management system.
It's available on Linux, macOS, and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
## Installing
We recommend that macOS users install Determinate Nix using our graphical installer, [Determinate.pkg][pkg].
For Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) users:
```console
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix | \
sh -s -- install --determinate
```
## How Nix works
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things, that it is easy to roll back the entire configuration of the
system to an earlier state. Also, users can install software without
root privileges. For more information and downloads, see the [NixOS
homepage][site].
homepage][nix].
## License
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version][license].
[license]: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
[nix]: https://nixos.org
[pkg]: https://install.determinate.systems/determinate-pkg/stable/Universal
[site]: https://nixos.org