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[nix] docs: Note it's broken on universal base image (but works on base) #1517

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## OS Support

This Feature should work on recent versions of Debian/Ubuntu, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, RockyLinux, and Alpine Linux.

## Location of Flakes

Currently `flakeUri` works best with a remote URI (e.g., `github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#hello`) as local files need to be in the image.
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This same command can be used to restart the daemon if it has stopped for some reason. Logs are available at `/tmp/nix-daemon.log`.


## OS Support

This Feature should work on recent versions of Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions with the `apt` package manager installed.
This Feature should work on recent versions of Debian/Ubuntu, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, RockyLinux, and Alpine Linux.
(Just `bash` is required to execute the `install.sh` script.)

It's known to be broken (see #[275](https://github.com/devcontainers/features/issues/275)) with:

"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2-linux",

but known (and tested) to work with:

`bash` is required to execute the `install.sh` script.
"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:trixie",