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+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-obtaining">
+
+<title>Obtaining NixOS</title>
+
+<para>NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the <link
+xlink:href="http://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS
+homepage</link>.  These can be burned onto a CD.  It is also possible
+to copy them onto a USB stick and install NixOS from there.  For
+details, see the <link
+xlink:href="https://nixos.org/wiki/Installing_NixOS_from_a_USB_stick">NixOS
+Wiki</link>.</para>
+
+<para>As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a
+running NixOS system through several other means:
+
+<itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
+    that can be imported into VirtualBox.  These are available from
+    the <link xlink:href="http://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS
+    homepage</link>.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Using AMIs for Amazon’s EC2.  To find one for your region
+    and instance type, please refer to the <link
+    xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixops/blob/master/nix/ec2-amis.nix">list
+    of most recent AMIs</link>.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which
+    allows you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from
+    declarative specifications.  Check out the <link
+    xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixops">NixOps
+    homepage</link> for details.</para>
+  </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</para>
+
+</chapter>