Migrating from Void Linux to NixOS, dotfiles and home manager!

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  • nix-starter-configs

    Simple and documented config templates to help you get started with NixOS + home-manager + flakes. All the boilerplate you need!

    • I was a bit like a headless chicken too until I found out about the nix starter configs repo.

  • nixpkgs

    Nix Packages collection & NixOS

    • One example is node. There's this nodejs maker expression. It has your "imports" up top. Then, it's actually a function used to make specific node versions -- so there are a few switches to flip here. Mostly version. Then there's several variables set, then a derivation is made at self = stdenv.mkDerivation {. And then self is returned.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • nix-templates

    Nix Flake templates for various languages

    • Here's one intro guide to Flakes by Nix's creator Dolstra. Here's another good intro tutorial. Note that that last one also has our answer to wtf legacyPackages is:

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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