geckolinux-project
nixos-infect
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geckolinux-project
- GeckoLinux – Linux for Detail-Oriented Geckos
- Hannah Montana Linux
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Linux noob here, what does this mean?
According to a reply on the 3rd post of this forum page, what do I need to do to apply GeckoLinux font rendering config files on my endeavouros system. I am using KDE Plasma btw. I have tried moving the specified config files to the /etc/geckolinux folder which I created and linking them with the same numbered name with ln -s. Is this what I need to do according to this post to get GeckoLinux's font rendering config applied to my system?
- How do I apply GeckoLinux Font rendering config files to endeavouros
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Question from a newbie
If you want a very simple approach to openSUSE, you can consider geckolinux, an openSUSE derivative that smooths some in the rough edges of openSUSE by setting on your behalf some sensible defaults.
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Woops
I updated , well I tried to, when everything was jacked up last night. I'll have to see if it hosed my install when I get home from neck surgery tomorrow. Has anyone played with gecko Linux? It's a spin on tumbleweed
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How likely is it to break a Linux system?
SpiralLinux was created by the same guy who made Gecko Linux.
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An Absolute Beginner?
Finally, Geckolinux is a derivative that smooths the first impact with openSUSE.
- Opensuse equivalents to fedora freeworld codecs?
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Why do you think not more distros are based on openSUSE?
I am currently aware of 2 distros based on openSUSE. 1. Gecko Linux 2. RegataOS
nixos-infect
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Ask HN: Please recommend how to manage personal serverss
There is one solution I've seen being used to solve this issue.
It is to overwrite the current Linux OS with the one you want. I came across this idea here [0]. I researched and got Alpine Linux running on Hetzner (even they don't support custom images) using a similar method [1].
This seems to be the guide to do the same with Arch Linux [2], I'm not sure though.
Once you do create a successful Arch image on OVH, take a snapshot of the machine before installing anything else, in case you want to start from a fresh Arch image in the future.
[0] https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect
[1] https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Replacing_non-Alpine_Linux...
[2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_from_exi...
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NixOS Friendly (Dedicated Server, VPS, Cloud, Container, VM, etc.) Hosters
Related:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/u5gi6e/whats_a_good_...
https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect
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NixOS stability for everyday use and development
In my experience, the initial learning curve is "way steep" due to incomplete learning resources, the community being split on flakes (I'm not jumping on them yet because I'm sticking with the stable branch), and this one documentation gap in particular.
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Tech Independence
FWIW, I recently found a VPS offering for $1.41/month (!) @ 1.5GB RAM & 30GB HDD via https://lowendbox.com/, at https://my.racknerd.com/index.php?rp=/store/black-friday-202... (please note I have no idea how reliable it is though!). I managed to deploy NixOS there through nixos-infect (https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect), and then further configure it with NixOps. That said, using NixOps does currently require a Linux (or Mac, probably) box as the managing one, and some Nix-fu, which is definitely non-trivial. A draft (WIP) writeup on that, if you're interested: https://github.com/akavel/scribbles/blob/main/_drafts/202308...
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NixOS RFC 136 accepted: A plan to stabilize the new CLI and Flakes incrementally
Those Linode instructions are about installing an OS from an installation ISO from Linode's rescue mode. -- I'd consider that more a 'plus' to Linode that you get to be able to install whatever unsupported Linux on Linode's VMs. But, of course it's not as smooth as the officially supported images.
Sibling comment mentions that NixOS provides ways to build VM images (e.g. https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators has a generator specifically for Linode).
Another option is to use nixos-infect, which will replace a Linux distribution with a NixOS distribution. https://github.com/elitak/nixos-infect
> At that point, I feel like all of the repeatability gains are gone. If I want to spin up a fresh server, I have to read a guide and set stuff up by hand?
Just as with ansible, "git pull to deploy". You'd keep a copy of your NixOS configuration.nix somewhere else, and would be able to apply it later.
> it really does let me just get a new VPS and deploy to it very fast
Using a tool you're familiar with to get the job done is going to be faster than learning to use a tool you're unfamiliar with.
I believe much of the use of NixOS is for hobby stuff, and for personal machines. (c.f. "In what environments do you use Nix", Development (1242) vs Home Server (845) vs Production (386) https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2022-nix-survey-results/18983).
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Free Tier using custom images
for NixOS
- Is it possible to morph Debian into NixOS?
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NixOS 23.05
Now that you both mention it though, I probably could've skipped the "Boot into the installer" step. I know nixos-infect can install in-place. I havent checked how they do it, but a lighter version that just adds nixos should be pretty easy using ZFS. It probably would've been possible for me to do replace the installer steps with something along the lines of:
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What is the difference between NixOS and any other distro running the nix package manager?
You can execute nixos-rebuild on other distros but the NixOS modules and activation scripts expect it to run on NixOS system so it probably will not work (e.g. NixOS would want to control systemd, which would conflict with the distro). And if it did, you would no longer have the other distro but NixOS (see also nixos-infect).
- Is anyone here using nix with modern hardware? r
What are some alternatives?
Sweet - Light and dark colorful Gtk3.20+ theme
harbormaster
packages - The packages Mason, what do they mean? (Package requests and bug reports here) 📑
tarsnap - Command-line client code for Tarsnap.
lpf-spotify-client - lpf-spotify-client - nonfree
nixos-apple-silicon - Resources to install NixOS bare metal on Apple Silicon Macs
Tiling-Assistant - An extension which adds a Windows-like snap assist to GNOME. It also expands GNOME's 2 column tiling layout.
nixos-digitalocean - A minimal NixOS image builder for DigitalOcean.
void-packages - The Void source packages collection
rocky-tools
SpiralLinux-project - SpiralLinux project
nixos-anywhere - install nixos everywhere via ssh [maintainer=@numtide]