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nixos-config		dotnix
	Project
5	Mentions	1
540	Stars	4
-	Growth	-
8.6	Activity	3.4
19 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
Nix	Language	Nix
MIT License	License	Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License

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nixos-config

Posts with mentions or reviews of nixos-config. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-31.

Ask HN: What Are You Learning?
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Mar 2024
Hyprland - A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor based on wlroots that doesn't sacrifice on its looks
3 projects | /r/linux | 10 Oct 2022

I also took a lot of inspiration from this NixOS config that I think demonstrates a lot of things you can do with them.
Best way to manage multiple home manager configs for both NixOS and non-NixOS systems using flakes?
8 projects | /r/NixOS | 2 Oct 2022

Check this repo for reference https://github.com/MatthiasBenaets/nixos-config
Passing variables from one file to another.
1 project | /r/NixOS | 13 Jun 2022

The other one I've seen seems more elegant, but I've only seen once and doesn't seem to be fully explain by the author: https://github.com/MatthiasBenaets/nixos-config/blob/master/flake.nix I've tried what he's showcasing here, but it doesn't work the variables are undefined and the tips given by nix-rebuild aren't enough for me to make sense of it.
Distrotube — NixOS Is The Power User Distro (Now With An Easy Installer!)
2 projects | /r/NixOS | 6 Jun 2022

# nixos-generate-config --root /mnt # git clone https://github.com/matthiasbenaets/nixos-config /mnt/etc/nixos/ (I think this can also be avoided I forgot to check this :| ) # cp /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix /mnt/etc/nixos/nixos-config/hosts//. # cd /mnt/etc/nixos/ # nixos-install --flake .#

dotnix

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Is the M2 Macbook Air notch area unused?
1 project | /r/AsahiLinux | 22 Dec 2022

Sure, you can find the patch I use here. PLEASE don't report ANY bugs to Asahi team while running modified kernel, I don't want to contribute to marcan's frustration with users asking for support while running unsupported setups :)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nixos-config and dotnix you can also consider the following projects:

dotfiles - NixOS system config & Home-Manager user config

system - Declarative system configurations using nixOS, nix-darwin, and home-manager

dotfiles - My personal dotfiles

Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]

home-manager - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee] [Moved to: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager]

nix-config - :space_invader: NixOS configuration

nixpkgs - My Nix system configs!

nix-starter-configs - Simple and documented config templates to help you get started with NixOS + home-manager + flakes. All the boilerplate you need!

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