nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.xml

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 <title>Minimal</title>

 <para>
  This profile defines a small NixOS configuration. It does not contain any graphical stuff. It's a very short file that enables <link linkend="opt-environment.noXlibs">noXlibs</link>, sets <link linkend="opt-i18n.supportedLocales">i18n.supportedLocales</link> to only support the user-selected locale, <link linkend="opt-documentation.enable">disables packages' documentation </link>, and <link linkend="opt-sound.enable">disables sound</link>.
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