builder-hex0
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builder-hex0
- Builder-Hex0 – bootstrap compilers without a prebuilt binary
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NixOS Reproducible Builds: minimal ISO successfully independently rebuilt
Isn't that what builder-hex0 does?
https://github.com/ironmeld/builder-hex0
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Saving Knowledge Post-Collapse
They literally create a file system and whole operating system in 4KB of text and it is good enough to bootstrap GCC/Linux ( https://github.com/ironmeld/builder-hex0 )
- Builder-Hex0: kernel for bootstrapping compilers without trusting a binary
- Major breakthrough in bitcoin Trust
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Writing a Simple Operating System – From Scratch [pdf]
"It is true: in our quest to make full use of the CPU, we must abandon all of those helpful routines provided by BIOS. As we will see when we look in more detail at the 32-bit protected mode switch-over, BIOS routines, having been coded to work only in 16-bit real mode, are no longer valid in 32-bit protected mode; indeed, attempting to use them would likely crash the machine.
"So what this means is that a 32-bit operating system must provide its own drivers for all hardware of the machine (e.g. the keybaord, screen, disk drives, mouse, etc). Actually, it is possible for a 32-bit protected mode operating system to switch temporarily back into 16-bit mode whereupon it may utilise BIOS, but this teachnique can be more trouble than it is worth, especially in terms of performance."
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In the toy 32-bit OS I am currently writing, having easy disk access and text output was more important to me than performance, so I decided to implement this technique to access the disk and screen via the BIOS instead of writing an ATA disk driver.
Although I could not find any minimal yet complete working examples of dropping to 16 bit and later resuming 32 bit mode, I was able to piece it together and write assembly functions called enter_16bit_real and resume_32bit_mode. See https://github.com/ironmeld/builder-hex0/blob/main/builder-h.... Those routines are working well but beware the project is a volatile work in progress and is coded in hex for bootstrapping reasons.
nix-starter-configs
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Home-manager as NixOS module or as standalone?
Is this an example of what you mean (home-manager is defined as part of the flake): https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs/blob/main/minimal/flake.nix
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What is the current recommended documentation when starting out with NixOs?
All the resources mentioned in other comments are pretty good, but mostly they are unofficial. The official NixOS wiki is very outdated and unmaintained. You will have better luck reading other people’s configurations, nixpkgs source code and GitHub issues. For the nix language the official wiki is a nice reference https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/language/index.html. This configuration is a great starting point https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-config for learning by example. It covers most of what you may need, although bootstrapping your own config is quite rough. You may want to take a look at https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs. It’s very basic and should be simple to understand and improve.
- GNOME on NixOS
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NixOS Reproducible Builds: minimal ISO successfully independently rebuilt
Another good option: https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs
I started with this one, the minimal version, then moved on to something more like the standard version, and now I'm moving on to something based on his much more complicated and flexible build in a different repo. I had been flailing, then this repo made it click.
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How to install Gnome with PKG overlay
Hi all, I'd like to install Gnome using the unstable overlay; I used https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs as a template, my sistem is on the stable source and I install packages from the unstable branch using "unstable.pkg". Given that Gnome is installed by
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NixOS and Flakes Book: An unofficial book for beginners (free)
So, it took me an inordinate amount of effort to get to this point, but I find managing my nixos laptop to be idiotically easy now. And, to be clear, I'm not a developer. I just want an easy to use config that I can port over to a new laptop when the time is right (and maybe port a similar config over to my desktop as well, once I get around to installing NixOS).
It's very weird, because I went from "WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD ANYONE WANT THIS?" to "my life is now measurably better" over the span of about 48 hours, and I have no idea what clicked. Something about adding flakes to the mix (NixOS + HM + flakes) broke the logjam. Or maybe it was simply how damned useful this config was to learn from:
https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs
I went from that to a per-user, per-machine (with defaults for each) config in about an hour, and I haven't fundamentally changed that setup since. I have no idea why it's so compelling to me, but the combination of being able to tell the machine how to configure itself in one place with the ease of adding software ... I'm going to spin up a config this weekend and put it on my kid's laptop. There are other tools to accomplish the same thing, but NixOS is just so easy ... and poorly documented ... and has weird CLI conventions ... and doesn't do a super job of garbage control ... and
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Flake + Disko + nixos-install
Hi, I created a new Flake based on Misterio77's template, then added Disko to it, as explained here. I also set disko.enableConfig = false; as they say is necessary when running from Installer.
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Really confused about Hyprland, flakes and home-manager
I just went on this journey last weekend! It was a rough start but I started to feel a lot more productive when I found this guide on flakes and also used this repo as a starting template.
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Need some Help !
Ok thanks! This one: https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs
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Any good starter template for configuring nixos with modern features?
take a look at misterios starter configs
What are some alternatives?
uefi-rs - Rust wrapper for UEFI.
sops-nix - Atomic secret provisioning for NixOS based on sops
axiom-zig - A 64-bit kernel implemented in Zig
nixed - I've nixed any chance I have at human interaction by building this config
turning-polyglot-solutions-into-t
.dots - just my .dotfiles
axiom - A 64-bit kernel implemented in Nim
homeage - runtime decrypted age secrets for nix home manager
stage0-posix-x86
nixos-config - Mirror of https://code.ataraxiadev.com/AtaraxiaDev/nixos-config
turning-polyglot-solutions-into-trusted-images
deploy-rs - A simple multi-profile Nix-flake deploy tool.