nixpkgs
dotfiles
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nixpkgs
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NixOS-generators – Collection of VM and Container disk image builders for NixOS
I’ve found it most helpful to review other people’s configurations to learn Nix.
Some specific ones I really like:
https://github.com/malob/nixpkgs
https://github.com/fufexan/dotfiles
I keep a not comprehensive GitHub Stars list of Nix stuff I find here if you want more:
https://github.com/stars/heywoodlh/lists/nix
If you aren’t familiar, Nix-Darwin allows you to codify your MacOS deployments in a fashion comparable to NixOS. As a huge Nix-Darwin user myself, I have found malob’s repo extremely helpful for ideas with MacOS configuration. Nix-Darwin has made me so happy as a MacOS user. :)
Some other unsolicited tips:
1. Start with Nix flakes for configuration
2. Invest in Home-Manager before NixOS or Nix-Darwin
3. Ask people for help in Matrix or Discourse — my experience is that Nix-related folk are very welcoming and understanding
Good luck!
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How do you set git in order to clone from private repo?
I don't think system.autoUpgrade will work at all with flakes since you'd need to update your flake lock file for anything to get updated. I've seen a way to do that automatically with github actions here.
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Nix Flake working on Darwin, but darwin-rebuild doesn't recognize --experimental-features flag
https://github.com/malob/nixpkgs/discussions/6 (discussion on how to bootstrap a Flake file on Darwin)
dotfiles
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NixOS-generators – Collection of VM and Container disk image builders for NixOS
I’ve found it most helpful to review other people’s configurations to learn Nix.
Some specific ones I really like:
https://github.com/malob/nixpkgs
https://github.com/fufexan/dotfiles
I keep a not comprehensive GitHub Stars list of Nix stuff I find here if you want more:
https://github.com/stars/heywoodlh/lists/nix
If you aren’t familiar, Nix-Darwin allows you to codify your MacOS deployments in a fashion comparable to NixOS. As a huge Nix-Darwin user myself, I have found malob’s repo extremely helpful for ideas with MacOS configuration. Nix-Darwin has made me so happy as a MacOS user. :)
Some other unsolicited tips:
1. Start with Nix flakes for configuration
2. Invest in Home-Manager before NixOS or Nix-Darwin
3. Ask people for help in Matrix or Discourse — my experience is that Nix-related folk are very welcoming and understanding
Good luck!
- Flake help?
- What is your favourite Hyprland dotfiles/configuration?
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How I started with NixOS
If you are interested in seeing what a more advanced flake config looks like there is mine https://github.com/Kranzes/nix-config (shameless plug) and fufexan's https://github.com/fufexan/dotfiles.
What are some alternatives?
nix-doom-emacs - doom-emacs packaged for Nix
spicetify-nix - A nix flake for configuring spicetify. Includes packaging for many popular themes and extensions.
impermanence - Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [maintainer=@talyz]
nixos-config - My Personal Nix, NixOS and Nix-Darwin System Configuration Flake
nix-config - :space_invader: NixOS configuration
dotfiles - My NixOS configuration
home-manager - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee] [Moved to: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager]
nix-gaming - Gaming on Nix
environment - dotfiles
horus-nix-home - This is my laptop nixos user environment provided by https://github.com/rycee/home-manager. It includes full i3, polybar and personnal apps configuration, all in nix.
solana-nix - The Solana CLI tools packaged up with Nix
dotnix - Personal NixOS & MacOS Configurations