nix-prisma-example
nonguix
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nix-prisma-example
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The Curse of NixOS
For the system, I like the devos template:
https://github.com/divnix/devos
The idea of flakes is how you define inputs, and you define the system (and packages, and shell etc.) in the outputs using the inputs. The inputs are git repos which point to other flakes. You can mix and match these as much as you want (see the devos repo for examples) and when you build the derivation, it generates a lockfile for exact commits in that point in time what were used in the given inputs.
You commit the lockfile and in the other systems where you pull your config from the repo, it uses exactly those commits and installs the same versions as you did in your other systems.
This was quite annoying and hard to do before flakes. Now it's easy.
The problem what people face with building their system as a flake is combining the packages so you can point to `jq` from the unstable nixos and firefox from the stable train. I think this aspect needs better documentation so it wouldn't be so damn hard to learn (believe me, I know). Luckily there are projects like devos that give a nice template for people to play with (with documentation!)
Another use for flakes is to create a development shell for your repo, an example what I did a while ago:
https://github.com/pimeys/nix-prisma-example
Either have `nix-direnv` installed, enter the directory and say `direnv allow`, or just `nix develop` and it will gather, compile and install the correct versions of packages to your shell. Updating the packages? Call `nix flake update` in the directory, commit the lockfile and everybody else gets the new versions to their shell.
nonguix
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Nix – A One Pager
Their software freedom policy seems to be similar to Debian. All free by default, allow separate nonfree addon. In the case of Guix you can find that here: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix .
- Guix on the Framework 13 AMD
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Write Guix package definitions in a breeze: Introducing Guix Packager
The GUIX community has a non-free package repo, you just add it as a GUIX channel and problem solved:
https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix
- The many issues plaguing Nix
- Nonguix
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My Void experience, so you don't have to
Yes, being a GNU project Guix has a strict free software only policy. The biggest channel (repo) with proprietary stuff for Guix is called nonguix. It has the vanilla kernel, Nvidia drivers and a number of other proprietary packages including Steam, Chrome and the like. I don't know what the state of ZFS on Guix is though as I don't care for it myself, but I can see why its inclusion would be questioned with regards to licensing.
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Differences between nixos and guix?
Since Guix is a GNU project, it doesn't support proprietary software (Steam, Discord, Zoom...). Third-party repos are available for it.
- Cannot install firefox in guix
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I'm not fond of nix syntax, how difficult will it be to switch to guix
There's a git lab repo for non-free/libre software that you can add as a channel when installing. I used the following guide that shows you how to do this.
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Invalid Field Specifier
I'm trying to enable substitues for nonguix. I added the code snippet from the nonguix website to my system.scm file per the instructions. When I try to reconfigure I get the following error:
What are some alternatives?
nixos-beginners-handbook - The missing handbook for NixOS beginners
guix-nonfree - Unofficial collection of packages that are not going to be accepted in to guix
impermanence - Modules to help you handle persistent state on systems with ephemeral root storage [maintainer=@talyz]
zfsbootmenu - ZFS Bootloader for root-on-ZFS systems with support for snapshots and native full disk encryption
star-history - The missing star history graph of GitHub repos - https://star-history.com
com.valvesoftware.Steam
asdf-nodejs - Node.js plugin for asdf version manager
guix-nonfree
aconfmgr - A configuration manager for Arch Linux
nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS
nixpkgs-config - ~/.config/nixpkgs
nixos-hardware - A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.