NixOS
My personal NixOS related stuff (by FatalError93)
nix-gui
Use NixOS Without Coding (by nix-gui)
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NixOS
Posts with mentions or reviews of NixOS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-08.
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Nix Software Center: gtk4/libadwaita app store for NixOS
Thanks for reply! I'm trying to install via configuration.nix . I haven't migrated to flakes but maybe I use some of them unknowingly? Here is my own configuration.nix. The error I get when running instructions for building via sudo nixos-rebuild boot:
nix-gui
Posts with mentions or reviews of nix-gui.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-03.
- System settings that aren’t in System Settings
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AI roasts NixOS users
This is pretty close https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui
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Which newer, up and coming distros do you think will make it?
Nix based aiming at beginners. If it combines/works with https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui, then an amazing distro may be created. It would be user friendly, but also extremely powerful, allowing basically everything to be configured via the gui. Both softwares are alpha state, but I am excited to see what they bring.
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Using NixOS on corporate laptops.
Maybe https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui? I dunno if it can do userspace config though.
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Nix Software Center: gtk4/libadwaita app store for NixOS
Would it make sense to integrate something like nix gui into this?
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NixOS Configuration Editor: A gtk4/libadwaita app to edit and manage basic configurations without (much) coding
I remember when I first started using NixOS, as a confused beginner I tried to find a graphical application to manage and edit my configuration. I stumbled upon Nix-Gui, however, I didn’t really like the look, it crashed a fair amount, and I never really figured out how to use it. That said, their idea and all of the hard work they put into their project inspired me to make a similar application that focuses more on simplicity and ease of use.
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NIX GUI application to manage nixos build with graphical ui.
I was wondering if you are aware of https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui and how your tool compares to it
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Is flatpak really the future?
There is also a GUI in development, hopefully it will help casual users in the future.
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How do I contribute to NixOS?
There's https://github.com/nix-gui/nix-gui for a gui like experience.
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NixOS History and Our Experience - Nix, Null, Nada, Nothing
Configuration language usage: Probably a major win for programmers, but a major negative for non-programmers. However, nix-gui has shown that there's potential for gui-based nixos configuration. And this might one day be extended to use as part of the graphical installer. https://discourse.nixos.org/t/why-is-there-no-installer-for-nixos/16644/21. Since nix can be serialized and deserialized to json, there's actually a fair amount of interoperability able to be done to manipulate nix configuration using existing libraries.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing NixOS and nix-gui you can also consider the following projects:
nixos-appstream-generator - Proof of concept appstream data generator for NixOS
flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
nixos-conf-editor - A libadwaita/gtk4 app for editing NixOS configurations
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk - Gtk implementation of xdg-desktop-portal
Relm4 - Build truly native applications with ease!
nixos-hardware - A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.
nix-editor - A simple rust program to edit NixOS configuration files with just a command
dhall-lang - Maintainable configuration files
nix-software-center - A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages
nonguix - Nonguix mirror – pull requests ignored, please use upstream for that
nixos-appstream-data - Appstream data for NixOS
nickel - Better configuration for less