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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.

Chris Pick e78516b9 8cc42008

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doc/preface.chapter.md
··· 27 27 Packages, including the Nix packages collection, are distributed through 28 28 [channels](https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-channels). The collection is 29 29 distributed for users of Nix on non-NixOS distributions through the channel 30 - `nixpkgs`. Users of NixOS generally use one of the `nixos-*` channels, e.g. 31 - `nixos-22.11`, which includes all packages and modules for the stable NixOS 30 + `nixpkgs-unstable`. Users of NixOS generally use one of the `nixos-*` channels, 31 + e.g. `nixos-22.11`, which includes all packages and modules for the stable NixOS 32 32 22.11. Stable NixOS releases are generally only given 33 33 security updates. More up to date packages and modules are available via the 34 34 `nixos-unstable` channel. 35 35 36 - Both `nixos-unstable` and `nixpkgs` follow the `master` branch of the Nixpkgs 37 - repository, although both do lag the `master` branch by generally 36 + Both `nixos-unstable` and `nixpkgs-unstable` follow the `master` branch of the 37 + nixpkgs repository, although both do lag the `master` branch by generally 38 38 [a couple of days](https://status.nixos.org/). Updates to a channel are 39 39 distributed as soon as all tests for that channel pass, e.g. 40 40 [this table](https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/unstable#tabs-constituents) 41 - shows the status of tests for the `nixpkgs` channel. 41 + shows the status of tests for the `nixpkgs-unstable` channel. 42 42 43 43 The tests are conducted by a cluster called [Hydra](https://nixos.org/hydra/), 44 44 which also builds binary packages from the Nix expressions in Nixpkgs for ··· 46 46 The binaries are made available via a [binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org). 47 47 48 48 The current Nix expressions of the channels are available in the 49 - [`nixpkgs`](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs) repository in branches 49 + [nixpkgs repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs) in branches 50 50 that correspond to the channel names (e.g. `nixos-22.11-small`).