system-manager
Manage system config using nix on any distro (by numtide)
lanzaboote
Secure Boot for NixOS [maintainers=@blitz @raitobezarius @nikstur] (by nix-community)
| system-manager | lanzaboote | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 4 | |
| 538 | 675 | |
| 11.3% | 7.7% | |
| 8.8 | 8.9 | |
| 1 day ago | about 19 hours ago | |
| Rust | Rust | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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system-manager
Posts with mentions or reviews of system-manager.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-22.
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What is there to NixOS that is not just `nix` the package/config/whatever manager?
I meant that both /etc and systemd management are possible via nix on non-nixos, using a flake that has system-manager (see https://github.com/numtide/system-manager) as an input
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Does anyone use system-manager or some alternative?
When I changed self.lib to sysmgr.lib (my intention being to try to use https://github.com/numtide/system-manager/blob/master/nix/lib.nix which actually has makeSystemConfig defined), I ended up with this error:
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How to install Nix packages and use their provided systemd services on another distro?
I haven't used it but system-manager might help https://github.com/numtide/system-manager
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What is the difference between NixOS and any other distro running the nix package manager?
actually there is system-manager for managing a lot of system-level config including systemd stuff
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Have you convinced anyone to use Nix or NixOS? Friends? Coworkers?
None at all, I recommend Nix package manager and home-manager. As time progresses and system-manager grows in popularity I could start recommending that too.
lanzaboote
Posts with mentions or reviews of lanzaboote.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-22.
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What is there to NixOS that is not just `nix` the package/config/whatever manager?
Easy peasy secure boot with lanzaboote
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Lanzaboote vs. bootspec-secureboot
I know of two projects for supporting Secure Boot on NixOS: Lanzaboote and bootspec-secureboot.
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Nix-Powered Development with OCaml
Afaik it's not finished yet, but there recently has been quite a lot of activity regarding secureboot for nixos https://github.com/nix-community/lanzaboote/
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It it secure to store LUKS full disk encryption keys in the TPM nowadays?
I've installed NixOS (a Linux distribution) to TerraMaster F2-423 NAS and enabled Secure boot with lanzaboote and LUKS full disk encryption. I enrolled my own secure boot keys becuase that looked like a requirement.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing system-manager and lanzaboote you can also consider the following projects:
supervisor - Supervisor process control system for Unix (supervisord)
runix - A type-safe Rust interface to the Nix CLI
nix-software-center - A simple gtk4/libadwaita software center to easily install and manage nix packages
nixos-apple-silicon - Resources to install NixOS bare metal on Apple Silicon Macs
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
sandkasten - Run untrusted code in an isolated environment
templates - Flake templates
flambda-backend - The Flambda backend project for OCaml
nixos
ocaml-flake-example - An overly elaborate example of building a ‘Hello World’ package with Nix flakes, OCaml, and Dune
system-config
devenv - Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments
system-manager vs supervisor
lanzaboote vs runix
system-manager vs nix-software-center
lanzaboote vs nixos-apple-silicon
system-manager vs Home Manager using Nix
lanzaboote vs sandkasten
system-manager vs templates
lanzaboote vs flambda-backend
system-manager vs nixos
lanzaboote vs ocaml-flake-example
system-manager vs system-config
lanzaboote vs devenv