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not-os
An operating system generator, based on NixOS, that, given a config, outputs a small (47 MB), read-only squashfs for a runit-based operating system, with support for iPXE and signed boot.
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NixOS-docker
Discontinued DEPRECATED! Dockerfiles to package Nix in a minimal docker container (by NixOS)
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nixos-config
General purpose Nix starter template for macOS or NixOS w/ step-by-step instructions (by dustinlyons)
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- Ask HN: New clean macOS install. Must-have apps? Best browser?
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Show HN: Home Maker: Declare Your Dev Tools in a Makefile
Now with LLMs it's even easier. Writing nix code is hard, but reading it is straightforward, so you can easily review what an LLM produces. Adn it's not much code either, a simple home manager setup is maybe 100 lines total.
1. Install nix / determinate nix
2. Tell your favorite llm to set up https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin with home manager if you are on mac, or just home manager if you are on linux
3. Review the code and ask for clarifications
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The Polyglot NixOS
Is this a valid alternative to Nix Darwin?
https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin
Great project, but I had to discontinue using it on my dev machine because of some issues getting the correct versions of dependencies installed.
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Show HN: Virby, a vfkit-based Linux builder for Nix-Darwin
What is the advantage of this over the inbuilt linux-builder in nix-darwin[1]?
I assume it being vfkit based might make it more performant? Are there any benchmarks comparing them?
[1] https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/blob/master/modules...
- LnL7/Nix-Darwin: Nix modules for Darwin
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Upgrading Homebrew and avoiding the failed to verify attestation error
Some folks are running nix on OSX along with nix-darwin.
https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin
- Nix Modules for Darwin
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Brew-Nix: a flake automatically packaging all homebrew casks
This looks very interesting. Personally I have been moving away from homebrew and using [nix-darwin](https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin) with home-manager for my local software. It has been working great, but there are still a few packages that require Homebrew due to their complex build process. Maybe this helps.
- Nix-Darwin: Nix modules for Darwin
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My MacBook setup (the 2024 version)
Just a shout out to nix-darwin[1]. It is nix, so initial setup is a bit involved. But then it truly makes it easy to configure everything in one place including mac defaults, homebrew apps declaratively and mas apps etc.
There is a sample config in nix-darwin repo[2].
[1] https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin
[2] https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/blob/master/modules/examp...
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