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NixOS-docker
Discontinued DEPRECATED! Dockerfiles to package Nix in a minimal docker container (by NixOS)
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- Shrinking a NixOS ISO from 458 MiB to 183 MiB
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Building and running not-os image in QEMU?
Hi. I'm new to nix and want to ask if you have an idea how to build an ISO image file of not-os and run it on QEMU virt vanager?
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NixOS
Maybe not-os?
- Not-OS – NixOS-based OS generator that outputs an OS with 47MB squashfs (2022)
- Not-OS – NixOS-based OS generator that outputs a 47MB OS
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Gobolinux
oh oops, I think I was intending to type "crowd source" but I really met "crowd fund".
I do want to finish my FreeBSD cross PR, but is is hard. We already have NetBSD working, including building the kernel, so I think it is better to start there.
I opened https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os/issues/16 because I think that would be the absolute easiest first step, with the fewest moving parts. But I don't know how kernels, even Linux, are packaged into bootable thingies at all.
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What does the minimal version of NixOS consist of?
I also found this: https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os
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NixOS 21.05 Released
It's like an OS that has builtin salt/ansible/chef/puppet.
Because Nix language describe the OS instead of what to change/configure it's superior to these tools, and solves the problem that supposedly same machines are drifting apart.
For example if in the CM you tell it to install a package, then change your mind and remove the entry that does it. The package will remain installed.
With NixOS if you remove the package from configuration, it's gone.
I personally really like Nix's building capability. For example I can use it to generate a minimal docker container. It requires some knowledge, but I can also modify compilation options in dependencies (like remove unneeded functionality).
It looks like there's also an option to similarly build lightweight OS images[1]. I haven't tried it yet but looks cool.
[1] https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os
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Is it possible to deploy configuration as code?
You might want to check out https://github.com/telent/nixwrt and https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os as solutions with similar goals. The former is a promising but yet-unfinished way of using Nix to manage a router, while the latter is a similar way of using Nix to generate an immutable OS image.
- Is it possible to replace systemd with runit?
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cleverca22/not-os is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of not-os is Nix.
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