dotfiles VS not-os

Compare dotfiles vs not-os and see what are their differences.

not-os

An operating system generator, based on NixOS, that, given a config, outputs a small (47 MB), read-only squashfs for a runit-based operating system, with support for iPXE and signed boot. (by cleverca22)
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dotfiles not-os
4 10
447 746
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9.9 5.8
about 21 hours ago about 1 month ago
Nix Nix
MIT License MIT License
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dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-19.

not-os

Posts with mentions or reviews of not-os. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-28.
  • Building and running not-os image in QEMU?
    1 project | /r/NixOS | 4 Oct 2023
    Hi. I'm new to nix and want to ask if you have an idea how to build an ISO image file of not-os and run it on QEMU virt vanager?
  • NixOS
    1 project | /r/linuxmemes | 11 May 2023
    Maybe not-os?
  • Not-OS – NixOS-based OS generator that outputs an OS with 47MB squashfs (2022)
    1 project | /r/hypeurls | 6 Feb 2023
  • Not-OS – NixOS-based OS generator that outputs a 47MB OS
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Feb 2023
  • Gobolinux
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Dec 2021
    oh oops, I think I was intending to type "crowd source" but I really met "crowd fund".

    I do want to finish my FreeBSD cross PR, but is is hard. We already have NetBSD working, including building the kernel, so I think it is better to start there.

    I opened https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os/issues/16 because I think that would be the absolute easiest first step, with the fewest moving parts. But I don't know how kernels, even Linux, are packaged into bootable thingies at all.

  • What does the minimal version of NixOS consist of?
    2 projects | /r/NixOS | 31 Oct 2021
    I also found this: https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os
  • NixOS 21.05 Released
    39 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jun 2021
    It's like an OS that has builtin salt/ansible/chef/puppet.

    Because Nix language describe the OS instead of what to change/configure it's superior to these tools, and solves the problem that supposedly same machines are drifting apart.

    For example if in the CM you tell it to install a package, then change your mind and remove the entry that does it. The package will remain installed.

    With NixOS if you remove the package from configuration, it's gone.

    I personally really like Nix's building capability. For example I can use it to generate a minimal docker container. It requires some knowledge, but I can also modify compilation options in dependencies (like remove unneeded functionality).

    It looks like there's also an option to similarly build lightweight OS images[1]. I haven't tried it yet but looks cool.

    [1] https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os

  • Is it possible to deploy configuration as code?
    2 projects | /r/DDWRT | 30 May 2021
    You might want to check out https://github.com/telent/nixwrt and https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os as solutions with similar goals. The former is a promising but yet-unfinished way of using Nix to manage a router, while the latter is a similar way of using Nix to generate an immutable OS image.
  • Is it possible to replace systemd with runit?
    2 projects | /r/NixOS | 29 May 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dotfiles and not-os you can also consider the following projects:

emacs-overlay - Bleeding edge emacs overlay [maintainer=@adisbladis]

nixGL - A wrapper tool for nix OpenGL application [maintainer=@guibou]

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

matrix.to - A simple stateless privacy-protecting URL redirecting service for Matrix

nixos - My NixOS Configurations

rfcs - The Nix community RFCs

nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin

nixos-generators - Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]

flake-utils-plus - Use Nix flakes without any fluff.

spack - A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.

nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager