template-nixos VS nixpkgs-wayland

Geoff here from Gitpod. Compsci is an area where Gitpod really shines because it enables you to share whatever you are hacking on without subjecting who you are sharing it with, with the burden of installing dependencies.

Thus, yes, indeed Haskell and SBCL or anything works exceptionally well. Here’s NixOS running on Gitpod btw https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nixos

If you want to take nixos for a spin in your browser head to https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nixos and mash the button.

Also https://nix.dev is one of the better learning resources. Over at https://GitHub.com/ghuntley/ghuntley you'll find a workshop I created on Nix.

Pro-tip: use https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-wayland if you want Nvidia support and more frequently updating versions over nixpkgs.

For Nvidia + sway use the Wayland overlay from here: https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-wayland

for nixos it's quite easy, just add the overlay: https://github.com/colemickens/nixpkgs-wayland#nixpkgs-wayland