repology-rules
nixos-generators
repology-rules | nixos-generators | |
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29 | 20 | |
101 | 1,520 | |
5.0% | 5.3% | |
9.9 | 8.3 | |
3 days ago | 4 days ago | |
Python | Nix | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
repology-rules
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Could you theoretically use other package managers on void?
A lot, it's (also) a complete linux distribution. See https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/ and for comparison with other distros: https://repology.org/ It looks like they entered the top ten since last time I checked.
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what OS do YOU use, as an emacs user?
I'm having a hard time believing it, but apparently nixpkgs is larger than AUR per https://repology.org/?
- Common denominator when developing widgets
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How to deploy my FOSS to Linux users / repositories?
Generally, the easiest thing to do is to do nothing - if your software is useful and people are using it, then packagers will show up. You can track what distros packaged your project on https://repology.org/.
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Discover Slitaz, a 50MB Lightweight Desktop Operating System
I remember when the internet was smaller (20 years ago?) some people would have a comparison of different package managers for linux distros where they would dive in to examples and use. Anyway, this is a high level of package currency : https://repology.org/
The last distros I've used that didn't really have their own package managers were Slackware (it is just a tarball) and PuppyLinux (adopted from slackware or debian).
Anyway, Slitaz is here https://repology.org/repository/slitaz_cooking
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The problem raised by Linus Torvalds on package management
You can basically install nix packages on every Linux and even MacOS. They are imo better developed and less error prone. You are guaranteed to never have dependency issues. The hashing scheme and idea of representing and building packages from derivation logic is spectacular design. The design of Nix inherently supports atomic upgrades and the likes of an immutable system. Also, afaik, it has the largest package availability currently (at least as many pkgs as Arch's) https://repology.org/
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Nix (the package manager of NixOS that can be installed on other distributions like Flatpak) releases version 2.4
Yep, it's no. 1 on https://repology.org/
- Ask HN: What useful unknown website do you wish more people knew about?
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Distros
Most have it on their website, but you can also check here
- Is there a website that has all the "apt install <app>" apps?
nixos-generators
- NixOS-generators – Collection of VM and Container disk image builders for NixOS
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NixOS: Declarative Builds and Deployments
https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators
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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).
- Questions about Nix
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Couple of noob questions
If you need to generate lxc container in NixOS then perhaps this repo might be useful: https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators this article uses it https://www.thedroneely.com/posts/running-nixos-linux-containers/
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disko-images - Create qcow2 images from NixOS + disko configuration
You might wanna check out nix-community/nixos-generators, it’s maintained by the same dude as Disko
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How to do machine specific config on EC2 using an official nixos ami?
You can look at nixos-generators for support code that well let you take existing configs and build a variety of bootable images from them.
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Flake to make NixOS iso
You should take a look at NixOS Generators, it's a flake with configs to build common formats like ISO, LXC, Docker, etc. I use that to generate an ISO with my config, specifically the packages.iso section.
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Need help with NixOs VM Generation
I am trying to make use of https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators to generate qcow2 images from a NixOs configuration. Since it will be used with Scaleway, they require an efi bootable image.
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[NixOS] How to Migrate From one Server to another? KVM to VMware
I haven't migrated machines from one vm provider to vmware, but I have provided a number of pregenerated nixos images (along the line of https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators) to clients to install onto vmware (and other - hyperv, xen, qemu, physical) hosts.
What are some alternatives?
nix-darwin - nix modules for darwin
poetry2nix - Convert poetry projects to nix automagically [maintainer=@adisbladis]
bgart - Set classic art for GNOME background
NixOS-docker - DEPRECATED! Dockerfiles to package Nix in a minimal docker container
nixos-shell - Spawns lightweight nixos vms in a shell
nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager
stylegan2 - StyleGAN2 - Official TensorFlow Implementation
nix-gaming - Gaming on Nix
jsmin - Javascript minifier
nixops - NixOps is a tool for deploying to NixOS machines in a network or cloud.
ZeroTier-GUI - A Linux front-end for ZeroTier
digga - A flake utility library to craft shell-, home-, and hosts- environments.