readme: declare it beta and update some other things

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> maturing _well_ [for a while](https://github.com/divnix/devos/tree/17713c22d07c54525c728c62060a0428b76dee3b).
# Introduction
DevOS grants a simple way to use, deploy and manage [NixOS][nixos] systems for
personal and productive use. A sane repository structure is provided,
DevOS grants a simple template to use, deploy and manage [NixOS][nixos] systems
for personal and productive use. A sane repository structure is provided,
integrating several popular projects like [home-manager][home-manager],
[devshell][devshell], and [more](./doc/integrations).
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Skip the indeterminate nature of other systems, _and_ the perceived
tedium of bootstrapping Nix. It's easier than you think!
### Status: Alpha
A lot of the implementation is less than perfect, and huge
[redesigns](https://github.com/divnix/devos/issues/152) _will_ happen. There
are unstable versions (0._x_._x_) to help users keep track of changes and
progress.
### Status: Beta
Although this project has already matured quite a bit, especially through
recent outfactoring of [`digga`][digga], a fair amount of api polishing is still
expected. There are unstable versions (0._x_._x_) to help users keep track
of changes and progress.
## Getting Started
Check out the [guide](https://devos.divnix.com/start) to get up and running.
Also, have a look at [_flake.nix_][toc]. If anything is not immediately
discoverable from there through [`digga`][digga] library's [`mkFlake`][mk-flake],
please file a bug report.
## In the Wild
The author maintains his own branch, so you can take inspiration, direction, or
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___The future is declarative! 🎉___
## Upstream
I'd love to see this in the nix-community should anyone believe its reached a
point of maturity to be generally useful, but I'm all for waiting until
1.0[#121](https://github.com/divnix/devos/issues/121) to save the cache work,
too.
## Community Profiles
There are two branches from which to choose: [core][core] and
[community][community]. The community branch builds on core and includes
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[overridden](./concepts/overrides.md) from master, as without the cache,
rebuilds are quite frequent.
## Shoulders
This work does not reinvent the wheel. It stands on the [shoulders of the
following giants][giants]:
### :onion: — like the layers of an onion
- [`divnix/digga`][digga]
- [`gytis-ivaskevicius/flake-utils-plus`][fup]
- [`numtide/flake-utils`][fu]
### :family: — like family
- [`numtide/devshell`][devshell]
- [`serokell/deploy-rs`][deploy]
- [`NixOS/nixpkgs`][nixpkgs]
:heart:
## Inspiration & Art
- [hlissner/dotfiles][dotfiles]
- [nix-user-chroot](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-user-chroot)
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- [Awesome Nix](https://github.com/nix-community/awesome-nix)
- [devshell](https://github.com/numtide/devshell)
## Divnix
The divnix org is an open space that spontaniously formed out of "the Nix".
It is really just a place where otherwise unrelated people a) get
together and b) stuff done.
It's a place to stop "geeking out in isolation" (or within company boundaries),
experiment and learn together and iterate quickly on best practices. That's what it is.
It might eventually become a non-profit if that's not too complicated or if those
goals are sufficiently upstreamed into "the Nix", dissolved.
# License
DevOS is licensed under the [MIT License][mit].
[mk-flake]: https://github.com/divnix/digga/tree/master/src/mkFlake
[nixpkgs]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
[deploy]: https://github.com/serokell/deploy-rs
[toc]: https://github.com/divnix/devos/blob/core/flake.nix
[giants]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants
[digga]: https://github.com/divnix/digga
[fup]: https://github.com/gytis-ivaskevicius/flake-utils-plus
[fu]: https://github.com/numtide/flake-utils
[devshell]: https://github.com/numtide/devshell
[nix]: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable
[mit]: https://mit-license.org
[nixos]: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable
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[core]: https://github.com/divnix/devos
[community]: https://github.com/divnix/devos/tree/community
[dotfiles]: https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles
[devshell]: https://github.com/numtide/devshell
[please]: https://github.com/nrdxp/devos/tree/nrd