On 03/09/2014 14:43, Alexey Muranov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i am a beginning user of NixOS, and i am not sure if this my question is 
> mostly about NixOS or about Linux in general, but probably it is about NixOS, 
> because only NixOS has "profiles."
Profiles are a convenience implemented with nix. So in the most general
sense, it's not only nixos. With nix-env in fact you have profiles.

> Is it possible to have different system configurations for different users 
> within a single system generation?
It's either a system configuration, or user configuration :)

> For example, is it possible to always be in text mode (without XServer) if 
> logged in as root, and to have a window manager when logged in as a normal 
> user?
The start of X is done at system level. If you want not to use X, switch
tty.

> Or have different window managers for different users? Or, maybe, even be 
> able to switch window managers for the same user without rebuilding the 
> system?
Not much nixos specific, it's doable also with other distros. If you
install multiple window managers, your display manager will ask you
which one to use.
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