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 fzakaria.com
On-demand linked libraries for Nix | Farid Zakaria's Blog
| | blog.thalheim.io
Nix-ld: A clean solution for issues with pre-compiled executables on NixOS | ~/git/blog
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| | No such file or directory: How I stopped worrying and started loving binaries on NixOS. In this article, I will discuss the technical issue of running pre-compiled executables on NixOS, and how we can improve the user experience by making these binaries work seamlessly using nix-ld. One of the key benefits of NixOS is its focus on purity and reproducibility. The operating system is designed to ensure that the system configuration and installed software are always in a known and predictable state.
| | antithesis.com
At the Mountains of Madness
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| | We're open-sourcing a tool that may be useful to people who develop code on NixOS and distribute it in binary form.
| | erikarow.land
An Unlinked Adventure
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| | [AI summary] A software engineer documents her technical debugging journey to fix dynamic linking issues in a Rust tool built for release on NixOS by switching to static musl linking.
| | www.airs.com
Piece of PIE - Airs - Ian Lance Taylor
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| [AI summary] An article explaining how Position Independent Executables (PIE) enable Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) to improve system security and detailing the technical differences in compiling such executables.