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nixpkgs-config
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Diving straight into flakes with no channels?
You can also take a look at my server configuration which uses flakes. And my separately-managed home-manager configuration which also uses flakes
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So I’m hooked on this declarative configuration business. How deep does the rabbit hole go? Can I “rice” my desktop with just one file?
My "rice": https://github.com/jonringer/nixpkgs-config
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libstdc++.so.6 => not found
I configure my neovim through home-manager. My configuration. Pulling vimPlugins from nixpkgs should give you something which works with NixOS (or anywhere for that matter, NixOS is essentially a clean room).
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A Cross-Platform tool to deploy dot files
My dot file repo.
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Using NixOS and Arch on separate machines
Home-manager link My example setup
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Neovim unstable
Reference: - home.nix entry - Which refers to it's own dedicated file
- should i move all my pkgs from configuration.nix and move to home manager?
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Installing every Arch package
If you want to take nix for a spin, i would recommend trying home-manager. It's essentially NixOS, but for dot files. It can install packages and services in addition to manage configuration. Also, I've been able to get it work on NixOS, WSL2, ubuntu, and macOS. Personal configuration if you're curious how it would look.
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The Curse of NixOS
> And about Home Manager, the reason why I think it's over-hyped is because it provides a declarative approach to something that was... already declarative. Your $XDG_CONFIG directory does not need a leaky Nix abstraction on top of it
I don't really agree, I spent about 30mins to get my home-manager config to support an m1 mac [0]. I don't really want to think how long it would take me to look up all of the homebrew package names, and learn a new package manager. Instead, I just pushed all of the linux-specific items into their own bin, a little more logic, and I was able to get back to a comfortable terminal + git + vim settings.
Also, nix exposes congruent configuration management[1]. The state of my system is an exact reflection of the configuration. With other tools like ansible, vagrant, etc, I would get reconciliation configuration which is close on initial install but configuration drift is an ever-present concern; not to mention that large recipes and playbooks can take a very long time to run. Going the homebrew route would be divergent configuration, it would be very hard for me to get back to a certain configuration. With nix (and by extension home-manager), I can version control the configuration, improve it, roll it back, w/e I want.
> Why would I write my i3 config in Nix??
You do get some type checking, although the iteration time would probably be similar. You could also just do `xsession.windowManager.i3.extraConfig = builtins.readFile ./i3.config;` if you really just wanted to wholesale read in your existing profile.
> I'd rather just use `nix-env` personally.
nix-env is a double edge sword. You can rollback (somewhat, I believe it's just a stack of all changes), which is an improvement. However, nix only retains the "derivation name" to try and management. But for packages like python38, if you try to upgrade it, it will determine that `python-3.11-a3` is the package which is the most up-to-date. I try to discourage using nix-env.
[0]: https://github.com/jonringer/nixpkgs-config/commit/37ddfefa1...
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Where are alacritty and systemd specified to install?
Here and full config here
yadm
- Yadm: Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
- YADM: Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
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Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
Everyone hand-rolls their own dotfile management system, but YADM already does everything you need:
https://yadm.io/
- Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
- Tell HN: My Favorite Tools
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Dotfiles Matter
I've been working around this using tools built on top of git like [yadm](https://github.com/TheLocehiliosan/yadm) and relying on `ls-files` to list all my tracked dotfiles and their paths.
Still having everything in one place would make things much simpler. Great idea!
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System settings that aren’t in System Settings
I wonder if the program i use to manage my dotfiles could help manage your scripts and extend your setup to all your desktops? Its called yadm (https://yadm.io/) it makes it so easy to have a laptop and a desktop or two.
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The right way to keep config files synced across devices?
I really like that one but still prefer yadm because you can just edit your files as usual and then yadm add them wherever you are.
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Just got a new M2 Pro after my 2016 became outdated. What are your first steps to setting up a new computer?
If you haven’t already, this is the time to install a tool like yadm and get your computer configuration into version control. Your command-line tools can be managed by yadm directly, your system settings can mostly be managed with a yadm bootstrap script that runs things like defaults write, and the software you install can be managed with a Brewfile that the yadm bootstrap script uses to install software with Homebrew. Don’t manually download Xcode, use xcodes to do it.
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System 76 Linux script to set up a new PC including the personal profile and prefered software installs
I personally use YADM. It's basically a git repo on my home folder, that only tracks what I explicitly set. And you can setup bootstraps to do what you said, install a bunch of stuff or make custom changes. In it's essence, it's a set of bash/sh files that are executed sequentially when you launch the yadm bootstrap command.
What are some alternatives?
base16-nix - Home manager module for themeing programs with base16 templates
GNU Stow - GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches
eww - ElKowars wacky widgets
chezmoi - Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
nix-prisma-example - An example Prisma project using nix
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
nix-config - Personal NixOS configuration
dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
nixos-beginners-handbook - The missing handbook for NixOS beginners
homesick - Your home directory is your castle. Don't leave your dotfiles behind.
wallpaper-generator - Generate wallpaper images from mathematical functions
Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.