archbox
nixos-shell
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Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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archbox
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Sharing a new idea for steamOS
I also found this project which streamlines the process a little https://github.com/lemniskett/archbox
you mean something like archbox? https://github.com/lemniskett/archbox
- I currently use Arch exclusively, advice on getting a second laptop?
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NixOS 21.05 Released
If you don't mind the storage penalty, it looks pretty convenient to set up an Arch Linux chroot and use packages from the AUR when you need to: https://github.com/lemniskett/archbox/blob/master/NIXOS_INST...
Nixpkgs itself is several times the size of the base Arch Linux package collection, and by ‘non-unique’ package count, Nixpkgs is also much larger than the AUR. In addition to Nixpkgs, you can find Nix packages in several community ‘overlays’ for Nixpkgs as well as Nix's own user repositories.
You can check to see whether everything you currently use/need is conveniently available for NixOS in a comprehensive-ish way through the combination of these two web search tools:
• for Nixpkgs/NixOS: https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=21.05
• for NUR: https://nur.nix-community.org/
NixOS also includes native Flatpak support.
Fwiw, packaging most things for Nix is very easy. I left Arch in ~2010 because at the time the package management stack and default repos on Arch basically sucked compared to most distros I'd used and liked, and from then on I decided that if I wanted software that wasn't in my distro's repos I'd just package it myself. After taking a little time to learn the tools on whatever distro I was using, I never missed Arch or the AUR. Compared to other distros, packaging normal software from source is usually exceptionally easy on NixOS.
If I were you I'd just dive right in and hit Nix's channel on Matrix with the Nixpkgs manual in hand if I found something I wanted to use that wasn't already packaged. But you can fall back on the options outlined above.
nixos-shell
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Using NixOS as a Hypervisor for a k3s Cluster in Homelab, can I define the VMs in Nix config?
Just found this: https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell
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Manage libvirt's XMLs with Nix?
There is nixos-shell, but I'm thinking about Windows VM's mostly.
- Headless QEMU virtual machines based on Nix
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NixOS 21.05 Released
>It doesn't work so well for I borrowed my coworker's computer for 5 minutes and want to use my own Vim configuration
You could use something like nixos-shell[1] to spin up a headless VM of your machine into your current shell.
[1]https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell
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How do you enter the NixOS docker container?
as mentioned, the Nix docker container isnt a full NixOS system, it's just the nix package manager. If you want to try a quick full NixOS setup I really like https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-shell . It spawns a lightweight NixOS vm in the current shell. No qemu or kvm setup or knowledge required.
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Way to install apps in their own FHS environment.
For testing stuff you can also use nixos-shell
What are some alternatives?
nixGL - A wrapper tool for nix OpenGL application [maintainer=@guibou]
nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
nixos-fhs-compat - LSB&FHS compatibility for NixOS. Intended for containers and VMs.
nix-processmgmt - Experimental Nix-based process management framework
nixos-generators - Collection of image builders [maintainer=@Lassulus]
nix-update - Swiss-knife for updating nix packages.
poetry2nix - Convert poetry projects to nix automagically [maintainer=@adisbladis]
nixos-config - My NixOS configuration.
NUR - Nix User Repository: User contributed nix packages [maintainer=@Mic92]
config
nix-bundle - Bundle Nix derivations to run anywhere!