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# Welcome to the KCNHUB-WS System Wiki!
![](https://kcnhub.com/assets/photos/KCN-logo.png)
This wiki details all the ways in which the system is configured, as well as how to modify and use the KCNHUB system!
## About
The KCNHUB system is a Linux based system, based on the NixOS distribution. NixOS has a few major differences from common Linux distributions:
* The system configuration is fully described a set of configuration files, including, but not limited to:
* Packages installed on the system
* Users, groups and permissions
* Servers (HTTP, Git, etc) and their respective configuration
* The system is reproducible, its history of changes is tracked and easily reversible
However, with this comes a fair few differences from traditional Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, and Fedora. Packages are not readily downloadable in factors such as RPM/deb formats. Instead packages are described via "nix derivations".
This shouldn't result in an issue as Nix has the largest repository of updated packages compared to any other Linux distribution [[1]](https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/total)!
In case you need to run packages that are only available on another Linux distribution:
* File an issue on this repository requesting the package
* Use a container (podman or singularity) of the distribution required to run the software
This Wiki is still being worked on, if you feel something is missing, please: file an issue!