doc: consistently use nixpkgs-unstable
and "nixpkgs repository"
Rename channel `nixpkgs` to `nixpkgs-unstable`. Based on the [repo branches](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/branches) and [channel status](https://status.nixos.org) I don't believe there is a `nixpkgs` channel. This confused me as a Nixpkgs beginner. Rename to `nixpkgs-unstable`, which does exist. Refer to "nixpkgs repository" consitently. Make the capitalization and "code quoting" consistent when referring to the repository itself.
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Packages, including the Nix packages collection, are distributed through
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[channels](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-channels). The collection is
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distributed for users of Nix on non-NixOS distributions through the channel
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`nixpkgs`. Users of NixOS generally use one of the `nixos-*` channels, e.g.
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`nixos-22.11`, which includes all packages and modules for the stable NixOS
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`nixpkgs-unstable`. Users of NixOS generally use one of the `nixos-*` channels,
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e.g. `nixos-22.11`, which includes all packages and modules for the stable NixOS
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22.11. Stable NixOS releases are generally only given
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security updates. More up to date packages and modules are available via the
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`nixos-unstable` channel.
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Both `nixos-unstable` and `nixpkgs` follow the `master` branch of the Nixpkgs
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repository, although both do lag the `master` branch by generally
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Both `nixos-unstable` and `nixpkgs-unstable` follow the `master` branch of the
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nixpkgs repository, although both do lag the `master` branch by generally
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[a couple of days](https://status.nixos.org/). Updates to a channel are
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distributed as soon as all tests for that channel pass, e.g.
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[this table](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/unstable#tabs-constituents)
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shows the status of tests for the `nixpkgs` channel.
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shows the status of tests for the `nixpkgs-unstable` channel.
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The tests are conducted by a cluster called [Hydra](https://nixos.org/hydra/),
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which also builds binary packages from the Nix expressions in Nixpkgs for
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The binaries are made available via a [binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org).
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The current Nix expressions of the channels are available in the
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[`nixpkgs`](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs) repository in branches
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[nixpkgs repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs) in branches
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that correspond to the channel names (e.g. `nixos-22.11-small`).
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