"The Arch -> NixOS Pipeline is Inevitable"

Barley4744 — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:43:38 +0000

Was back on Twitter/X for a few weeks - this post's title is a paraphrased tweet that got me to try out NixOS.

I've seen NixOS being called the "operating system for developers" and I believe it's true.

A personal and reproducible environment is something I've been dreaming about for a few years.

It feels a lot like Docker Compose.

Google "NixOS" and check the wiki to get an idea of what it's about:

nixos.wiki

For those with Nvidia GPUs (like me):

nomodeset will help you boot up for the first time

add this to your config to get your GPU working

If you're on a laptop with a beefy GPU, first of all - why?, second - it might be a bit more tricky to set up as seen by the disclaimer in the wiki page above.

As for where I'm at, I'm adding Home Manager stuff to configuration.nix for those who know what that means.

Comment below if you're even more advanced and let me know what you like/don't like about the Nix package manager and NixOS.

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"The Arch -> NixOS Pipeline is Inevitable"