book: Mention Helix package in nixpkgs (#7064)

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 ### NixOS

-Helix is available as a [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) in the project
+Helix is available in [nixpkgs](https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs) through the `helix` attribute,
+the unstable channel usually carries the latest release.
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+Helix is also available as a [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) in the project
 root. Use `nix develop` to spin up a reproducible development shell. Outputs are
 cached for each push to master using [Cachix](https://www.cachix.org/). The
 flake is configured to automatically make use of this cache assuming the user